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Author Dawkins, Richard, 1941- author.

Title An appetite for wonder : the making of a scientist : a memoir / Richard Dawkins.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2013]

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  570 D322Bd 2013    ---  Available
1 copy being processed for Axe Acquisitions Order.
Edition First U.S. edition.
Description 308 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), genealogical table ; 24 cm
text txt rdacontent
still image sti rdamedia
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Note "Originally published in Great Britain in 2013 by Bantam Press, an imprint of Transworld Publishers"--Title page verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Genes and pith helmets -- Camp followers in Kenya -- The land of the lake -- Eagle in the mountains -- Farewell to Africa -- Under Salisbury's spire -- 'And your English summer's done' -- The spire by the Nene -- Dreaming spires -- Learning the trade -- West Coast dreamtime -- Computer fix -- The grammar of behaviour -- The immortal gene -- Looking back down the path.
Summary Famous for his radical new vision of Darwinism, Richard Dawkins paints a colorful, richly textured canvas of his early life from innocent child to charismatic world-famous scientist.
Subject Dawkins, Richard, 1941-
Allied Health Personnel -- Great Britain -- Autobiography.
Biological Evolution -- Great Britain.
Ethology -- Great Britain.
Dawkins, Richard, 1941-
Biologists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Ethologists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Evolution (Biology)
Dawkins, Richard, 1941- (OCoLC)fst00075330
Biologists. (OCoLC)fst00832379
Ethologists. (OCoLC)fst00916210
Evolution (Biology) (OCoLC)fst00917302
Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
ISBN 9780062225795 (hardcover)
0062225790 (hardcover)
9780062287151 (international ed.)
9780062315809 (signed ed.)
0062225804 (pbk)
9780062225801 (pbk)

 
    
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