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Books do Furnish a Life : An elec tr ify ing cel eb r ati on of science wr it ing

Opis:

'A ri ch f eas t of his es says, review s, forewo rd s, squ ibs an dc on v er s ati ons, in ch tal e nt an d passion are ma rried to de ep know led ge. ' Ma tt Ridley

'Enjoy the unfa fa ing clarity of his tho ug ht an d pro se, as we ll as the g rand eur of his vis i on of life on E art h.' - Ma rk Co ck er, Specta tor

'Ri ch a rd Daw kins is a thund er ously gift ed science wr it er. ' Sun Time s

Includ ing c on v er s ati ons w it h Neil DeGr as se Tys on , Steven Pi n ker , Ma tt Ridley an d more , t his is an es se nt guide to the most e xc it ing idea s of our time an d their pro on e nt s from our most brill i an t science tor .

Books Do Furnish a Life is divided by th em e, includ ing cel eb r ati ng na tur e, explo r ing hu ma n it y, an d inter rog ati ng fa ith. For the first time , it b ring s togeth er Ri ch a rd Daw kins' forewo rd , af t er wo rd s an di nt roducti on s to the work of some of the lea ing thi nk ers of our ag e - Carl Sa g an , Lawrence Kr auss, Ja cob Br on o ws ki, Le wis Wolp er t - w it ha se lecti on of his review s to pro vide an elec tr ify ing cel eb r ati on of science wr it ing, both ficti on an dn on -ficti on . It is also a spar kl ing ad d it i on to Daw kins' own r em ar ka ble c an on of work.

Ple nt y of oth er scie nt ists wr it e we ll, but no on e wr it es like Daw kins... h er e is Daw kins the tea ch er, the s ch olar, the pol e mi cist, the jo ker , the ae sthete, the poet, the sa tirist, the ma n of compassion as we ll as in dig n ati on, the slay er of sup er st it i on an d, above all, the scie nt ist. - eo Ma g az ine

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Number of stron:464

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Language: English: Published; English: Original Language; English

an date:& nb sp; 2022-02-10

P a ag e:& nb sp; 0.705& nb ; gram

Highoś: 0.8 cm

Szerokość: 5.1 cm

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