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The Ancestor's Tale written by Richard Dawkins performed by Richard Dawkins and Lalla Ward on CD (Abridged)

The Ancestor's Tale written by Richard Dawkins performed by Richard Dawkins and Lalla Ward on CD (Abridged)£29.99

The Ancestor's Tale is a pilgrimage back through time; a journey on which we meet up with fellow pilgrims as we and they converge on our common ancestors. Chimpanzees join us at about 6 million years in the past, orangutans at 14 million years, as we stride on together, a growing band. The journey ...

An Appetite for Wonder written by Richard Dawkins performed by Richard Dawkins and Lalla Ward on Audio CD (Unabridged)

An Appetite for Wonder written by Richard Dawkins performed by Richard Dawkins and Lalla Ward on Audio CD (Unabridged)
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ISBN:  9781846573842
Genre - Main:  Non-Fiction
Genre - Specific:  Memoir
Duration:  480 mins
Length:  Unabridged
Author:  Richard Dawkins
Performer 1:  Richard Dawkins
Performer 2:  Lalla Ward

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Born to parents who were enthusiastic naturalists, and linked through his wider family to a clutch of accomplished scientists, Richard Dawkins was bound to have biology in his genes. But what were the influences that shaped his life and intellectual development? And who inspired him to become the pioneering...

scientist and public thinker now famous (and infamous to some) around the world? In An Appetite for Wonder we join him on a personal journey back to an enchanting childhood in colonial Africa.

There the exotic natural world was his constant companion. Boarding school in England at the age of eight, and, later, public school at Oundle introduce Dawkins, and the reader, to strange rules and eccentric schoolmasters, vividly described with both humorous affection and some reservation.

An initial fervent attachment to Church of England religion soon gives way to disaffection and, later, teenage rebellion. Early signs of a preference for music, poetry and reading over practical matters become apparent as he recalls the opportunities that entered his small world.

Oxford, however, is the catalyst to his life. Vigorous debate in the dynamic Zoology Department unleashes his innate intellectual curiosity, and inspirational mentors together with his own creative thinking ignite the spark that results in his radical new vision of Darwinism, The Selfish Gene.

From innocent child to charismatic world-famous scientist, Richard Dawkins paints a colourful, richly textured canvas of his early life. Honest self-reflection and witty anecdotes are interspersed with touching reminiscences of his family and friends, literature, poetry and songs.

We are finally able to understand the private influences that shaped the public man who, more than anyone else in his generation, explained our own origins.

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