{"product_id":"books-do-furnish-a-life-an-electrifying-celebration-of-science-writing-paperback","title":"Books Do Furnish a Life: An Electrifying Celebration of Science Writing - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Dawkins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A rich feast of his essays, reviews, forewords, squibs and conversations, in which talent and passion are married to deep knowledge.' Matt Ridley\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Enjoy the unfailing clarity of his thought and prose, as well as the grandeur of his vision of life on Earth.' - Mark Cocker, \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Richard Dawkins is a thunderously gifted science writer.' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncluding conversations with Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Steven Pinker, Matt Ridley and more, this is an essential guide to the most exciting ideas of our time and their proponents from our most brilliant science communicator.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooks Do Furnish a Life\u003c\/i\u003e is divided by theme, including celebrating nature, exploring humanity, and interrogating faith. For the first time, it brings together Richard Dawkins' forewords, afterwords and introductions to the work of some of the leading thinkers of our age - Carl Sagan, Lawrence Krauss, Jacob Bronowski, Lewis Wolpert - with a selection of his reviews to provide an electrifying celebration of science writing, both fiction and non-fiction. It is also a sparkling addition to Dawkins' own remarkable canon of work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlenty of other scientists write well, but no one writes like Dawkins... here is Dawkins the teacher, the scholar, the polemicist, the joker, the aesthete, the poet, the satirist, the man of compassion as well as indignation, the slayer of superstition and, above all, the scientist. - Areo Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Dawkins\u003c\/b\u003e is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Selfish Gene\u003c\/i\u003e, voted The \u003ci\u003eRoyal Society's Most Inspiring Science Book of All Time, \u003c\/i\u003eand also the bestsellers \u003ci\u003eThe Blind Watchmaker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eClimbing Mount Improbable\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Ancestor's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe God Delusion\u003c\/i\u003e, and two volumes of autobiography, \u003ci\u003eAn Appetite for Wonder\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBrief Candle in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford and a fellow of both the Royal Society and the Royal Society of Literature. In 2013, Dawkins was voted the world's top thinker in \u003ci\u003eProspect \u003c\/i\u003emagazine's poll of 10,000 readers from over 100 countries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.18 x 7.56 x 4.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 29, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50332969795821,"sku":"9781529176490","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/nmEcHgOeiV9781529176490.webp?v=1784973338","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-au\/products\/books-do-furnish-a-life-an-electrifying-celebration-of-science-writing-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}