Bibliograph

Outgrowing God, a beginner's guide, Richard Dawkins

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Outgrowing God, a beginner's guide, Richard Dawkins

Language

eng

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illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Outgrowing God

Oclc number

1111650445

Responsibility statement

Richard Dawkins

Sub title

a beginner's guide

Summary

One of the world's bestselling science communicators, Dawkins gives readers an opportunity to rethink the big questions. In 12 fiercely funny, mind-expanding chapters, he explains how the natural world arose without a designer--the improbability and beauty of the "bottom-up programming" that engineers an embryo or a flock of starlings--and challenges head-on some of the most basic assumptions made by the world's religions

Table Of Contents

Part 1. Goodbye God. So many gods! -- But is it true? -- Myths and how they start -- The Good Book? -- Do we need God in order to be good? -- How do we decide what is good? -- Part 2. Evolution and beyond. Surely there must be a designer? -- Steps towards improbability -- Crystals and jigsaw puzzles -- Bottom up or top down? -- Did we evolve to be religious? Did we evolve to be nice? -- Taking courage from science

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