Dawkins, Clinton Richard, 1941-

An appetite for wonder : the making of a scientist : a memoir / Richard Dawkins. - 308 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Genes and pith helmets
Camp followers in Kenya
The land of the lake
Eagle in the mountains
Farewell to Africa
Under Salisbury's spire
'And your English summer's done'
The spire by the Nene
Dreaming spires
Learning the trade
West Coast dreamtime
Computer fix
The grammar of behaviour
The immortal gene
Looking back down the path

Famous for his radical new vision of Darwinism, Richard Dawkins paints a colorful, richly textured canvas of his early life from innocent child to charismatic world-famous scientist.

9780062225795 (hbk) 0062225790 (hbk.)


Dawkins, Richard, 1941- --Childhood and youth.
Dawkins, Richard, 1941- --Crítica e interpretación


Scientists--Great Britain--Biography.
Científicos --Gran Bretaña--Biografías
Ethologists--Great Britain--Biography.
Etólogos --Gran Bretaña--Biografías
Zoologists--Great Britain--Biography.
Zoólogos --Gran Bretaña--Biografías
Evolución (Biología)
Conducta animal.

Q 143 / D271a 2013

509.2