by Richard Dawkins · GEDISA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788497840538
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In "The Devil's Chaplain", Richard Dawkins invites us to reflect on nature, science, and ethics. Through a collection of essays, Dawkins addresses controversial topics such as embryology, cloning, and genetic manipulation, arguing that many condemnations are based on a lack of knowledge. With his ironic style and his ability to connect disparate themes, Dawkins challenges us to examine our own beliefs and question established dogmas. This book is an invitation to look at the world with open eyes and without hypocrisy, exploring both the worst and the best that nature can offer.
Richard Dawkins is a British evolutionary biologist, zoologist, science communicator and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford. In 1995, he was named the first Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, a position he held until 2008, and is on the advisory board of the University of Austin. Dawkins has won several academic and writing awards, among them the 2005 Shakespeare Prize and the 2006 Lewis Thomas Prize. Presenting the latter, Paul Nurse said "In eloquent, evocative prose, Richard Dawkins conveys the certainty that, rather than diminishing the myriad beauties of the universe and extinguishing wonderment at its mysteries, science reveals truths that are yet more awe-inspiring than the mysteries they solve."
