Books do furnish a life : reading and writing science /
Dawkins, Richard
Books do furnish a life : reading and writing science / Richard Dawkins - London Bantham Press 2021 - 452p.
For the first time, this is a collection of our most excellent science writer's commentary on the best of contemporary scientific literature, including exclusive new material from other great thinkers. Including conversations with Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Steven Pinker, Matt Ridley, and more. This is an essential guide to the most exciting ideas of our time and their proponents from our most brilliant science communicator. Books Do Furnish a Life is divided by theme, including celebrating nature, exploring humanity, and interrogating faith. For the first time, it brings together Richard Dawkins' forewords, afterwords, and introductions to the work of some of the leading thinkers of our age - Carl Sagan, Lawrence Krauss, Jacob Bronowski, Lewis Wolpert - with a selection of his reviews to provide an electrifying celebration of science writing, both fiction and non-fiction. It is also a sparkling addition to Dawkins' own remarkable canon of work.--Amazon.com
9781787633698
Science
Scientific literature
Science--Philosophy
Life sciences
Communication in science.
507.12 DAW-R
Books do furnish a life : reading and writing science / Richard Dawkins - London Bantham Press 2021 - 452p.
For the first time, this is a collection of our most excellent science writer's commentary on the best of contemporary scientific literature, including exclusive new material from other great thinkers. Including conversations with Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Steven Pinker, Matt Ridley, and more. This is an essential guide to the most exciting ideas of our time and their proponents from our most brilliant science communicator. Books Do Furnish a Life is divided by theme, including celebrating nature, exploring humanity, and interrogating faith. For the first time, it brings together Richard Dawkins' forewords, afterwords, and introductions to the work of some of the leading thinkers of our age - Carl Sagan, Lawrence Krauss, Jacob Bronowski, Lewis Wolpert - with a selection of his reviews to provide an electrifying celebration of science writing, both fiction and non-fiction. It is also a sparkling addition to Dawkins' own remarkable canon of work.--Amazon.com
9781787633698
Science
Scientific literature
Science--Philosophy
Life sciences
Communication in science.
507.12 DAW-R