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Первая часть автобиографии всемирно известного ученого, легендарного эволюционного биолога Ричарда Докинза – это набор захватывающих историй. Вот увлекательные семейные хроники нескольких поколений Докинзов, вот романические и трогательные описания детских лет автора, школьные годы, и первые проблески критического мышления. Докинз рассказывает, как стал истовым верующим, как Элвис Пресли укрепил его в вере и как, в конце концов, он пришел к атеизму. Затем был университет, первый любовный опыт и первые научные исследования, студенческие развлечения и захватывающие открытия. Преподавание и работа над книгой, которая станет бестселлером, а…

Born to parents who were enthusiastic naturalists, and linked through his wider family to a clutch of accomplished scientists, Richard Dawkins was bound to have biology in his genes. But what were the influences that shaped his life? And who inspired him to become the pioneering scientist and public thinker now famous (and infamous to some) around the world? In An Appetite for Wonder we join him on a personal journey from an enchanting childhood in colonial Africa, through the eccentricities of boarding school in England, to his studies at the University of Oxford’s dynamic Zoology Department, which sparked his radical new vision of…

Born to parents who were enthusiastic naturalists, and linked through his wider family to a clutch of accomplished scientists, Richard Dawkins was bound to have biology in his genes. But what were the influences that shaped his life and intellectual development? And who inspired him to become the pioneering scientist and public thinker now famous (and infamous to some) around the world? In An Appetite for Wonder we join him on a personal journey back to an enchanting childhood in colonial Africa. There the exotic natural world was his constant companion. Boarding school in England at the age of eight, and, later, public school at Oundle…

Born to parents who were enthusiastic naturalists, and linked through his wider family to a clutch of accomplished scientists, Richard Dawkins was bound to have biology in his genes. But what were the influences that shaped his life and intellectual development? And who inspired him to become the pioneering scientist and public thinker now famous (and infamous to some) around the world? In An Appetite for Wonder we join him on a personal journey back to an enchanting childhood in colonial Africa. There the exotic natural world was his constant companion. Boarding school in England at the age of eight, and, later, public school at Oundle…

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Книга представляет собой первую часть автобиографии известного этолога, биолога и выдающегося популяризатора науки Ричарда Докинза. Она включает в себя не только описание первой половины жизни (как пишет сам автор) ученого, но и чрезвычайно интересные факты семейной хроники нескольких поколений семьи Докинз. Прекрасная память автора, позволяющая ему поделиться с нами захватывающими дух событиями своей жизни, искрометное чувство юмора, откровенно переданная неподдельная любовь и благодарность близким доставят истинное удовольствие и принесут немало пользы поклонникам этого выдающегося человека.

Первая часть автобиографии всемирно известного ученого, легендарного эволюционного биолога Ричарда Докинза – это набор захватывающих историй. Вот увлекательные семейные хроники нескольких поколений Докинзов, вот романические и трогательные описания детских лет автора, школьные годы, и первые проблески критического мышления. Докинз рассказывает, как стал истовым верующим, как Элвис Пресли укрепил его в вере и как, в конце концов, он пришел к атеизму. Затем был университет, первый любовный опыт и первые научные исследования, студенческие развлечения и захватывающие открытия. Преподавание и работа над книгой, которая станет бестселлером, а…

Born to parents who were enthusiastic naturalists, and linked through his wider family to a clutch of accomplished scientists, Richard Dawkins was bound to have biology in his genes. But what were the influences that shaped his life and intellectual development? And who inspired him to become the pioneering scientist and public thinker now famous (and infamous to some) around the world? In An Appetite for Wonder we join him on a personal journey back to an enchanting childhood in colonial Africa. There the exotic natural world was his constant companion. Boarding school in England at the age of eight, and, later, public school at Oundle…