Richard Dawkins
Clinton Richard Dawkins, FRS, FRSL (born 26 March 1941), known as Richard Dawkins, is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford, and was the University of Oxford's Professor for Public Understanding of Science from 1995 until 2008.
Dawkins came to prominence with his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, which popularised the gene-centered view of evolution and introduced the term meme. In 1982, he introduced into evolutionary biology an influential concept, presented in his book The Extended Phenotype, that the phenotypic effects of a gene are not necessarily limited to an organism's body, but can stretch far into the environment, including the bodies of other organisms.
Dawkins is an atheist and humanist, a Vice President of the British Humanist Association and supporter of the Brights movement. He is well known for his criticism of creationism and intelligent design. In his 1986 book The Blind Watchmaker, he argued against the watchmaker analogy, an argument for the existence of a supernatural creator based upon the complexity of living organisms. Instead, he described evolutionary processes as analogous to a blind watchmaker. He has since written several popular science books, and makes regular television and radio appearances, predominantly discussing these topics. He has been referred to in the media as "Darwin's Rottweiler," a reference to English biologist T. H. Huxley, who was known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's evolutionary ideas. In his 2006 book The God Delusion, Dawkins contends that a supernatural creator almost certainly does not exist and that religious faith is a delusion—a fixed false belief. As of January 2010, the English-language version had sold more than two million copies and had been translated into 31 languages, making it his most popular book to date.
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Movies (38)
Science Friction
2022 · Self
Faraway Eyes
2021 · Thanks
Intersect
2020 · Q42 / Computer
Ordinary Savage: The Origins of Violence and Hurt Feelings
2018 · Self
The Fool
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Losing Our Religion
2017 · Self
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
2017 · Self
Supersapiens: the Rise of the Mind
2017 · Self
Nightwish: Vehicle Of Spirit
2016 · Self - Special Appearance
Nightwish: Live Ratina Stadion, Tampere
2016 · Self - Special Appearance
The Atheist Delusion
2016 · Self (archive footage)
Cuidado con Slenderman
2016 · Self
Bible Belt Atheist
2015 · Thanks
Breath of Life
2015 · Self
Patterns of Evidence: The Exodus
2015 · Self (uncredited archive footage)
The Unbelievers
2013 · Self
Speciesism: The Movie
2013 · Self
The Reality of Me
2012 · Self
Something From Nothing: A Conversation with Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss
2012 · Self, Writer
The Future Is Now!
2011 · The Scientist
Robin Ince: Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People
2010 · Self
Faith School Menace?
2010 · Self, Writer
Sex, Drugs & Religion
2010 · Self
A Universe from Nothing
2009 · Self
Dawkins vs Lennox: Has Science Buried God?
2009 · Self
The Genius of Charles Darwin
2008 · Self - Host, Writer
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
2008 · Self
Discussions with Richard Dawkins, Episode 1: The Four Horsemen
2008 · Self
The God Delusion Debate
2007 · Self
The Enemies of Reason
2007 · Self, Writer
The Trouble with Atheism
2006 · Self
A War on Science
2006 · Self
Root of All Evil?
2006 · Self, Writer
The God Who Wasn't There
2005 · Self
Reich: Three Tales
2002 · Self
The Mind's Big Bang
2001 · Self
The Blind Watchmaker
1987 · Self, Book
Evolution - Darwin's Dangerous Idea
· Apresentador, Writer
TV shows (24)
Great Minds
2021 · Self
La entrevista de
2019 · Self
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
2015 · Self
Sex, Death and the Meaning of Life
2012 · Creator
Brave New World with Stephen Hawking
2011 · Self
Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words
2011 · Self
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
2011 · Self
Genius of Britain
2010 · Presenter
Inside Nature's Giants
2009 · Presenter
The Meaning of Life
2009 · Self
The Genius of Charles Darwin
2008 · Presenter
Q&A
2008 · Self - Panellist
The Big Questions
2007 · Self
The Root of All Evil?
2006
The Colbert Report
2005
Doctor Who
2005 · Richard Dawkins
Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief
2004 · Self - Biologist
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 · Self
Richard & Judy
2001 · Self
HARDtalk
1997
Break the Science Barrier
1996 · Presenter, Writer
The Daily Show
1996 · Self
Los Simpson
1989 · Richard Dawkins (voice)
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