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Books Do Furnish a Life

An Electrifying Celebration of Science Writing

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Books Do Furnish a Life

By: Richard Dawkins
Narrated by: Richard Dawkins, Lalla Ward, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Adam Hart-Davis, Steven Pinker, Christopher Hitchens, Lawrence Krauss, Matt Ridley
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Including conversations with Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Steven Pinker, Matt Ridley and more, this is an essential guide to the most exciting ideas of our time and their proponents from our most brilliant science communicator. This audio edition also includes Richard Dawkins in conversation with Christopher Hitchens, in what was to be Christopher Hitchens' last interview before his death in 2011.

Books Do Furnish a Life is divided by theme, including celebrating nature, exploring humanity, and interrogating faith. For the first time, it brings together Richard Dawkins' forewords, afterwords and introductions to the work of some of the leading thinkers of our age - Carl Sagan, Lawrence Krauss, Jacob Bronowski, Lewis Wolpert - with a selection of his reviews to provide an electrifying celebration of science writing, both fiction and non-fiction. It is also a sparkling addition to Dawkins' own remarkable canon of work.

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"Richard Dawkins is a thunderously gifted science writer." (Sunday Times)

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One of my favourite Dawkins books, plus it has Hitch. loved the format too with the included interviews

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Valuable summary of all kinds of interesting and important science books that must be read. Dawkins is telling a lot of stories around this books in the elegant and beautiful way that only he can create and in a great company of a real scientist.

Beautifully told science stories

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It is certainly a wonderful supplement to his magisterial work of the selfish jean and buying watch my group. He certainly comes across as a bit strident and dogmatic, but yet I think his heart is in the right place.

Wonderful supplement to round out Dawkins

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