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Richard Dawkins

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Dawkins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Mar 26, 1941 In Nairobi, Kenya Colony
Movie/TV Credits:
26
First Appeared:
In the movie The Blind Watchmaker 1987-01-19
Latest Project:
Movie Science Friction 2022-04-10
Known For
Poster of The Genius of Charles Darwin
Poster of Discussions with Richard Dawkins, Episode 1: The Four Horsemen
Poster of The Simpsons
Filmography
Movie Science Friction Self 2022-04-10
Movie Intersect Q42 / Computer 2020-02-12
Movie Ex Libris: The New York Public Library Self 2017-09-13
Movie The Atheist Delusion Self (archive footage) 2016-09-30
Movie Beware the Slenderman Self 2016-03-11
Movie Nightwish: Vehicle Of Spirit Self - Special Appearance 2016-12-16
Series StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson Himself 2015-04-20
Movie Speciesism: The Movie Self 2013-09-18
Movie The Unbelievers Self 2013-12-13
Movie The Reality of Me Self 2012-11-01
Movie The Future Is Now! The Scientist 2011-06-24
Movie Dawkins vs Lennox: Has Science Buried God? Self 2009-01-01
Series Inside Nature's Giants 2009-06-29
Movie Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed Self 2008-04-18
Movie Discussions with Richard Dawkins, Episode 1: The Four Horsemen Self 2008-01-10
Movie The Genius of Charles Darwin Self - Host 2008-08-04
Movie The Enemies of Reason Self 2007-01-01
Movie The God Delusion Debate Self 2007-10-03
Movie Root of All Evil? Self 2006-01-09
Movie A War on Science Self 2006-01-26
Movie The God Who Wasn't There Self 2005-05-21
Series The Colbert Report Unknown 2005-10-17
Series Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief Biologist 2004-10-11
Series Richard & Judy Unknown 2001-11-26
Series The Simpsons Richard Dawkins (voice) 1989-12-17
Movie The Blind Watchmaker Self 1987-01-19
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