Bibliograph

An appetite for wonder, the making of a scientist : a memoir, Richard Dawkins

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An appetite for wonder, the making of a scientist : a memoir, Richard Dawkins

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

platesgenealogical tablesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

An appetite for wonder

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

854564776

Responsibility statement

Richard Dawkins

Sub title

the making of a scientist : a memoir

Summary

Famous for his radical new vision of Darwinism, Richard Dawkins paints a colorful, richly textured canvas of his early life from innocent child to charismatic world-famous scientist

Table Of Contents

Genes and pith helmets -- Camp followers in Kenya -- The land of the lake -- Eagle in the mountains -- Farewell to Africa -- Under Salisbury's spire -- 'And your English summer's done' -- The spire by the Nene -- Dreaming spires -- Learning the trade -- West Coast dreamtime -- Computer fix -- The grammar of behaviour -- The immortal gene -- Looking back down the path

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