Richard Dawkins

Broschiertes Buch

The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing

Beschreibung

Selected and introduced by Richard Dawkins, 'The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing'i is a rich and vibrant anthology celebrating the finest writing by scientists for a wider audience - revealing that the best scientists have displayed as much imagination and skill with the pen as they have in the laboratory.

Target group: anyone with an interest in science and literature, including - but not limited to - readers of popular science; scientists, both professional and undergraduate; those interested in the history of science; writers; students of literature; and others from non-scientific backgrounds.

Autor

Richard Dawkins is the first holder of the Charles Simonyi Chair of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University, and a Fellow of New College, Oxford. His bestselling books include The God Delusion (2006); The Selfish Gene (1976); The Extended Phenotype (1982); The Blind Watchmaker (1986); Unweaving the Rainbow (1998); and The Ancestor's Tale (2004). Dawkins is a Fellow of both the Royal Society and the Royal Society of Literature. He is the recipient of numerous honours and awards, including the 1987 Royal Society of Literature Award, the 1990 Michael Faraday Award of the Royal Society, the 1994 Nakayama Prize, the 1997 International Cosmos Prize for Achievement in Human Science, the Kistler Prize in 2001, and the Shakespeare Prize in 2005.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 438
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780199216819
• ISBN-10: 0199216819
• Artikelnr.: 26426529