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An Appetite for Wonder - The Making of a Scientist - A Memoir by Richard Dawkins
$10.00 NZD
Category: Autobiography/Biography/Memoir | Reading Level: good-very good
Born to parents who were enthusiastic naturalists, and linked through his wider family to a clutch of 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 pionee ...Show more
The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing by Richard Dawkins
$20.00 NZD
Category: Science and Technology | Series: Oxford Landmark Science Ser.
Selected and introduced by Richard Dawkins, The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing is a celebration of the finest writing by scientists for a wider audience - revealing that many of the best scientists have displayed as much imagination and skill with the pen as they have in the laboratory. This is a ...Show more
Unweaving the Rainbow by Richard Dawkins
$14.00 NZD
Category: Science and Technology | Series: Penguin Press Science S.
Keats accused Newton of destroying the poetry of the rainbow by explaining the origin of its colours. Dawkins argures that Keats could not have been more mistaken, and shows how an understanding of science enhances our wonder at the world around us. This is a "hymn of praise" to the scientific attitude, ...Show more
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