New York Times bestselling author and renowned atheist and
evolutionary biologist, Richard Dawkins delivers an intimate look into
his own childhood and intellectual development, illuminating his path to
becoming one of the foremost thinkers in modern science today
**"A memoir that is funny and modest, absorbing and playful. Dawkins has
written a marvelous love letter to science . . . and for this, the book
will touch scientists and science-loving persons . . . Enchanting."
--NPR
**
Richard Dawkins's first book, The Selfish Gene, was an immediate
sensation and dramatically shifted the study of biology by offering a
gene-centered view of evolution. Published in 1976, the book transformed
the way we think about genes and evolution and has sold more than a
million copies. In 2006, Dawkins transformed the world's cultural and
intellectual landscape again with The God Delusion, a scientific
dismantling of religion. It was a New York Times bestseller and has
sold more than two million copies worldwide. An Appetite for Wonder is
Dawkins's insightful memoir examining his own evolution as a man and as
a thinker. From his beginnings in colonial Kenya to his intellectual
awakening at Oxford, Dawkins shares his path to the creation of The
Selfish Gene, and offers readers an in-depth look at the man and the
mind that has changed the way we view science and evolution.
