Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Sci
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In An Appetite for Wonder Richard Dawkins brought us his engaging
memoir of the first 35 years of his life from early childhood in
Africa to publication of The Selfish Gene in 1976, when he shot to
fame as one of the most exciting new scientists of his generation.
In Brief Candle in the Dark he continues his autobiography,
following the threads that have run through the second half of his
life so far and homing in on the key individuals, institutions and
ideas that inspired and motivated him. He paints a vivid picture,
coloured with wit, anecdote and digression, of the twenty-five
postgraduate years he spent teaching at Oxford. He pays
affectionate tribute to past colleagues and students, recalling the
idiosyncrasies of an establishment steeped in ancient tradition and
arcane ritual while also recording his respect for the profound
commitment to learning and discovery that lies at its core. He
invites us to share the life of a travelling scientist, from
fieldwork on the Panama Canal to conferences of stratospheric
eminence in exotic locations in the company of some of the most
prominent of the world's scientific luminaries. And he describes
his experiences with his many publishers, television producers,
interviewers and partners in debate, not least in the heady period
when, after publication of The God Delusion in 2006, he is dubbed
the world's most outspoken and controversial atheist. Most
important of all, for the first time he reviews with fresh and
stimulating insights the evolving narrative of his ideas about
science over the course of his highly distinguished career as
thinker, teacher and writer. In Brief Candle in the Dark we are
invited to enter with him a constantly stimulating world of
discovery and to meet a fascinating cast of exceptional characters
described by the talented pen of one of the most exceptional of
them all.
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