Record Number |
711722 |
ISBN |
9780593070901 (paperback) |
Author |
Dawkins, Richard, 1941- author. |
Title |
An appetite for wonder : the making of a scientist : a memoir / Richard Dawkins. |
Publisher/Date |
London : Bantam Press, 2013. |
copyright2013 |
Pagination etc. |
308 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), genealogical table, portraits ; 24 cm. |
Contents note |
Includes index. |
Summary Note |
Born to parents who were enthusiastic naturalists, and linked through his wider family to 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 thinker now famous around the world? |
Subject - Name |
Dawkins, Richard, -- 1941- |
Subject |
Biologists -- Great Britain -- Biography |
Evolution (Biology) |
Shelf Location |
509.2 DAWK |