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Richard Dawkins (born Clinton Richard Dawkins; 26 March 1941) is an English ethologist, evolutionary biologist, and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New Coll...

Richard Dawkins (born Clinton Richard Dawkins; 26 March 1941) is an English 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 first came to prominence with his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, which popularised the gene-centred view of evolution and introduced the term meme. With his book The Extended Phenotype (1982), he introduced into evolutionary biology the influential concept that the phenotypic effects of a gene are not necessarily limited to an organism's body, but can stretch far into the environment. In 2006, he founded the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science.
Dawkins is known as an outspoken atheist. He is well known for his criticism of creationism and intelligent design. In The Blind Watchmaker (1986), he argues against the watchmaker analogy, an argument for the existence of a supernatural creator based upon the complexity of living organisms. Instead, he describes evolutionary processes as analogous to a blind watchmaker, in that reproduction, mutation, and selection are unguided by any designer. In The God Delusion (2006), Dawkins contends that a supernatural creator almost certainly does not exist and that religious faith is a delusion.
Dawkins has been awarded academic and writing awards, and he makes television, radio, and Internet appearances, predominantly discussing his books, atheism, and his ideas and opinions as a public intellectual.

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  • The Selfish Gene
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      Richard Dawkins
    • 1976
  • The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
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      Richard Dawkins
    • Jan, 1986
  • The God Delusion
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      Richard Dawkins
    • Oct, 2006
  • The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
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      Richard Dawkins
    • Sep 2, 2004
  • Race Is a Spectrum. Sex Is Pretty Damn Binary. - Areo
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      Richard Dawkins
    • Jan 5, 2022
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