Richard Dawkins (born 26 March 1941) is a British evolutionary biologist and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford and was Professor for Public Understanding of Science in the University of Oxford from 1995 to 2008. An atheist, he is well known for his criticism of creationism and intelligent design.Dawkins first came to prominence with his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, which popularised the gene-centred view of evolution and introduced the term meme. With his book The Extended Phenotype (1982), he introduced into evolutionary biology the influential concept that the phenotypic effects of a gene are not necessarily limited to an organism's body, but can stretch far into the environment. In 2006, he founded the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science. In The Blind Watchmaker (1986), Dawkins argues against the watchmaker analogy, an argument for the existence of a supernatural creator based upon the complexity of living organisms. Instead, he describes evolutionary processes as analogous to a blind watchmaker, in that reproduction, mutation, and selection are unguided by any designer. In The God Delusion (2006), Dawkins contends that a supernatural creator almost certainly does not exist and that religious faith is a delusion. Dawkins's atheist stances …
Richard Dawkins
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റിച്ചാർഡ് ഡോക്കിൻസ്, Річард Докінз, Ricardus Dawkins, and 34 others
ריטשארד דאקינס, R. Dawkins, ริชาร์ด ดอว์กินส์, リチャード・ドーキンス, Клинтон Ричард Докинз, Richard Dawkins, Ричард Докинз, რიჩარდ დოკინსი, Dawkins, Ričards Dokinss, ritcard.dokinz, ரிச்சர்ட் டாக்கின்சு, ਰਿਚਰਡ ਡੋਕਿਨਜ਼, ريتشارد دوكنز،, Riçard Doukinz, ريتشارد دوكينز, داوكينز، ريتشارد،, রিচার্ড ডকিন্স, Рычард Докінз, రిచర్డ్ డాకిన్స్, 리처드 도킨스, Ричард Докинс, رچرڈ ڈاکنز, ریچارد داوکینز, Ռիչարդ Դոկինզ, Ričard Dokinz, リチャード ドーキンス, ڕیچارد دۆکینز, Ρίτσαρντ Ντόκινς, 理查德·道金斯, Clinton Richard Dawkins, R Dawkins, रिचर्ड डॉकिन्स, ריצ'רד דוקינס - Born:
- March 26, 1941
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Richard Dawkins (born 26 March 1941) is a British evolutionary biologist and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford and was Professor for Public Understanding of Science in the University of Oxford from 1995 to 2008. An atheist, he is well known for his criticism of creationism and intelligent design.Dawkins first came to prominence with his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, which popularised the gene-centred view of evolution and introduced the term meme. With his book The Extended Phenotype (1982), he introduced into evolutionary biology the influential concept that the phenotypic effects of a gene are not necessarily limited to an organism's body, but can stretch far into the environment. In 2006, he founded the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science. In The Blind Watchmaker (1986), Dawkins argues against the watchmaker analogy, an argument for the existence of a supernatural creator based upon the complexity of living organisms. Instead, he describes evolutionary processes as analogous to a blind watchmaker, in that reproduction, mutation, and selection are unguided by any designer. In The God Delusion (2006), Dawkins contends that a supernatural creator almost certainly does not exist and that religious faith is a delusion. Dawkins's atheist stances have sometimes attracted controversy.Dawkins has been awarded academic and writing awards, and he makes television, radio, and internet appearances, predominantly discussing his books, atheism, and his ideas and opinions as a public intellectual.
