Autobiography of richard dawkins
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An Appetite for Wonder
First volume of the autobiographical memoir by Richard Dawkins
An Appetite for Wonder: The Making of a Scientist is the first volume of the autobiographical memoir by British evolutionary biologistRichard Dawkins.
Autobiography of richard dawkins
The hardcover version of the book was published in both the United Kingdom and the United States on 12 September , and covers Dawkins's childhood, youth, studies and early career up to the writing of The Selfish Gene.
A second volume, Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science, covering the remaining part of his life, was released in September [1][2]
Reviews
Early reviews were mixed.
Marek Kohn of The Independent newspaper described it as warm and generous,[3] while Eric Liebetrau of the Boston Globe[4] states the book's title is "ultimately a misnomer, as much of the narrative is a slog." The satirical magazine Private Eye describes it as "profoundly irksomecolourlessThe self-absorption