Richard Dawkins
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Born 1941-03-26
Nairobi, Kenya Colony
62 credits
honorary doctor of Durham University 1
Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry 1
Nierenberg Prize 1
honorary doctor of the University of Valencia 1
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Won 1 honorary doctor of Durham University Award
honorary doctor of Durham University 1 won
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Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry 1 won
- — Skeptical Inquiry Won
Nierenberg Prize 1 won
- 2009 Nierenberg Prize Won
honorary doctor of the University of Valencia 1 won
- 2009 honorary doctor of the University of Valencia Won
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Clinton Richard Dawkins, FRS, FRSL (born 26 March 1941), known as Richard Dawkins, is a British 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 came to prominence with his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, which popularised the gene-centered view of evolution and introduced the term meme. In 1982, he introduced into evolutionary biology an influential concept, presented in his book The Extended Phenotype, that the phenotypic effects of a gene are not necessarily limited to an organism's body, but can stretch far into the environment, including the bodies of other organisms.
Dawkins is an atheist and humanist, a Vice President of the British Humanist Association and supporter of the Brights movement. He is well known for his criticism of creationism and intelligent design. In his 1986 book The Blind Watchmaker, he argued against the watchmaker analogy, an argument for the existence of a supernatural creator based upon the complexity of living organisms. Instead, he described evolutionary processes as analogous to a blind watchmaker. He has since written several popular science books, and makes regular television and radio appearances, predominantly discussing these topics. He has been referred to in the media as "Darwin's Rottweiler," a reference to English biologist T. H. Huxley, who was known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's evolutionary ideas. In his 2006 book The God Delusion, Dawkins contends that a supernatural creator almost certainly does not exist and that religious faith is a delusion—a fixed false belief. As of January 2010, the English-language version had sold more than two million copies and had been translated into 31 languages, making it his most popular book to date.
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Acting
54 credits
The Simpsons
The Daily Show
Doctor Who
Real Time with Bill Maher
Richard & Judy
Q&A
Great Minds
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
The Big Questions
Atheist Alliance International Convention 2007
The Meaning of Life
The Unbelievers
The Genius of Charles Darwin
Inside Nature's Giants
Intersect
Science Friction
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
Beware the Slenderman
Genius of Britain
Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words
The Genius of Charles Darwin
Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
La entrevista de
Brave New World with Stephen Hawking
The God Who Wasn't There
The God Delusion Debate
A War on Science
The Blind Watchmaker
A Universe from Nothing
Nightwish: Live Ratina Stadion, Tampere
Patterns of Evidence: The Exodus
Break the Science Barrier
Nightwish: Vehicle Of Spirit
The Trouble with Atheism
Faith School Menace?
Root of All Evil?
The Atheist Delusion
The Fool
Breath of Life
Sex, Drugs & Religion
The Future Is Now!
The Mind's Big Bang
Reich: Three Tales
Losing Our Religion
Robin Ince: Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People
Ordinary Savage: The Origins of Violence and Hurt Feelings
The Reality of Me
The Enemies of Reason
Evolution - Darwin's Dangerous Idea
Discussions with Richard Dawkins, Episode 1: The Four Horsemen
Dawkins vs Lennox: Has Science Buried God?
Something From Nothing: A Conversation with Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss
Writing
8 credits
The Genius of Charles Darwin
Break the Science Barrier
Sex, Death and the Meaning of Life
Faith School Menace?
Root of All Evil?
The Enemies of Reason
Evolution - Darwin's Dangerous Idea
Something From Nothing: A Conversation with Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss
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