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DESCRIPTION:In a world grown irrational and hostile to facts, "Science in the Soul" is 
 an essential collection by an indispensable author.  Richard Dawkins is an 
 English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author. He is an emeritus 
 fellow of New College, Oxford, and was the University of Oxford's Professor 
 for Public Understanding of Science from 1995 until 2008. Dawkins first 
 came to prominence with his 1976 book "The Selfish Gene", which popularised 
 the gene-centred view of evolution. In 2006, he founded the Richard Dawkins 
 Foundation for Reason and Science.  Dawkins is an atheist, well known for 
 his criticism of creationism and intelligent design. In "The Blind 
 Watchmaker" (1986), he 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. He opposes the teaching of creationism in 
 schools.\n\nAmong his other books are: "The Extended Phenotype", "The 
 Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution",  "An Appetite for 
 Wonder: The Making of a Scientist", "Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in 
 Science, Science in the Soul": Selected Writings of a Passionate 
 Rationalist".\n In it the legendary biologist, provocateur, and bestselling 
 author mounts a timely and passionate defense of science and clear thinking 
 with this career-spanning collection of essays, including twenty pieces 
 published in the United States for the first time. Though it spans three 
 decades, this book couldn’t be more timely. Dawkins calls on us to insist 
 that reason take center stage and that gut feelings, even when they don’t 
 represent the stirred dark waters of xenophobia, misogyny, or other blind 
 prejudice, should stay out of the voting booth. Dawkins has equal ardor for 
 “the sacred truth of nature” and renders here with typical virtuosity 
 the glories and complexities of the natural world. \n\n“In this golden 
 age of enlightened science writing, it is stunning that no scientist has 
 won the Nobel Prize for Literature… No living scientist is more deserving 
 of such recognition than Richard Dawkins. . . . —Michael Shermer, 
 publisher of Skeptic magazine, columnist for Scientific American\n\nLocal 
 contact: Ken Preston  ken@kpfa.org    510.967.4495\nPublicist contact: \n 
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SUMMARY:EVENT CANCELLED - Richard Dawkins Discusses "Science in the Soul"
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