Science in the soul : selected writings of a passionate rationalist
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Somerscales, Gillian, editor.
Published
New York : Random House, 2017.
Status
Central - Adult Nonfiction
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Published
New York : Random House, 2017.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
438 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-427) and index.
Description
For decades, Richard Dawkins has been a brilliant scientific communicator, consistently illuminating the wonders of nature and attacking faulty logic. Science in the Soul brings together forty-two essays, polemics, and paeans-all written with Dawkins's characteristic erudition, remorseless wit, and unjaded awe of the natural world. Though it spans three decades, this book couldn't be more timely or more urgent. Elected officials have opened the floodgates to prejudices that have for half a century been unacceptable or at least undercover. In a passionate introduction, 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. And in the essays themselves, newly annotated by the author, he investigates a number of issues, including the importance of empirical evidence, and decries bad science, religion in the schools, and climate-change deniers. Dawkins has equal ardor for "the sacred truth of nature" and renders here with typical virtuosity the glories and complexities of the natural world. Woven into an exploration of the vastness of geological time, for instance, is the peculiar history of the giant tortoises and the sea turtles-whose journeys between water and land tell us a deeper story about evolution. At this moment, when so many highly placed people still question the fact of evolution, Dawkins asks what Darwin would make of his own legacy-"a mixture of exhilaration and exasperation"-and celebrates science as possessing many of religion's virtues-"explanation, consolation, and uplift"-without its detriments of superstition and prejudice. In a world grown irrational and hostile to facts, Science in the Soul is an essential collection by an indispensable author. -- from Amazon.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Dawkins, R., & Somerscales, G. (2017). Science in the soul: selected writings of a passionate rationalist (First edition.). Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dawkins, Richard, 1941- and Gillian, Somerscales. 2017. Science in the Soul: Selected Writings of a Passionate Rationalist. Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dawkins, Richard, 1941- and Gillian, Somerscales. Science in the Soul: Selected Writings of a Passionate Rationalist Random House, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Dawkins, Richard, and Gillian Somerscales. Science in the Soul: Selected Writings of a Passionate Rationalist First edition., Random House, 2017.
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