A reflections on hope, lies, science, and love Dawkins, Clinton Richard 1941- creator text bibliography mau Boston Houghton Mifflin Co. 2003 monographic eng

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vi, 263 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Presents a collection of essays that explore such topics as religion, mysticism, modern educational methods, pseudoscience, Africa, and late colleagues Douglas Adams and Stephen Jay Gould Introduction to the American Edition 1 (4) 1 Science and Sensibility 5 (56) 1.1 A Devil's Chaplain 8 (6) 1.2 What is True? 14 (6) 1.3 Gaps in the Mind 20 (7) 1.4 Science, Genetics and Ethics: Memo for Tony Blair 27 (11) 1.5 Trial By Jury 38 (4) 1.6 Crystalline Truth and Crystal Balls 42 (5) 1.7 Postmodernism Disrobed 47 (7) 1.8 The Joy of Living Dangerously: Sanderson of Oundle 54 (7) 2 Light Will Be Thrown 61 (56) 2.1 Light Will Be Thrown 63 (15) 2.2 Darwin Triumphant 78 (13) 2.3 The 'Information Challenge' 91 (13) 2.4 Genes Aren't Us 104 (3) 2.5 Son of Moore's Law 107 (10) 3 The Infected Mind 117 (46) 3.1 Chinese Junk and Chinese Whispers 119 (9) 3.2 Viruses of the Mind 128 (18) 3.3 The Great Convergence 146 (6) 3.4 Dolly and the Cloth Heads 152 (4) 3.5 Time to Stand Up 156 (7) 4 They Told Me, Heraclitus 163 (24) 4.1 Lament for Douglas 165 (3) 4.2 Eulogy for Douglas Adams 168 (3) 4.3 Eulogy for W. D. Hamilton 171 (8) 4.4 Snake Oil 179 (8) 5 Even the Ranks of Tuscany 187 (36) 5.1 Rejoicing in Multifarious Nature 190 (4) 5.2 The Art of the Developable 194 (9) 5.3 Hallucigenia, Wiwaxia and Friends 203 (3) 5.4 Human Chauvinism and Evolutionary Progress 206 (12) 5.5 Unfinished Correspondence with a Darwinian Heavyweight 218 (5) 6 There is All Africa and her Prodigies in Us 223 (18) 6.1 Ecology of Genes 225 (3) 6.2 Out of the Soul of Africa 228 (3) 6.3 I Speak of Africa and Golden Joys 231 (3) 6.4 Heroes and Ancestors 234 (7) 7 A Prayer for My Daughter 241 (8) 7.1 Good and Bad Reasons for Believing 242 (7) Endnotes 249 (7) Index 256 Richard Dawkins. Includes bibliographical references and index. Evolution (Biology) Evolución (Biología) Science Philosophy Ciencia Filosofía Religion and science Religión y ciencia Bioética QH 366.2 D271d 2003 500 0618335404 9780618335404 2003050859 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/hm051/2003050859.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/hm031/2003050859.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hm031/2003050859.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0736/2003050859-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/hm051/2003050859.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/hm031/2003050859.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hm031/2003050859.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0736/2003050859-b.html DLC 030501 20230411090812.0 13182380