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11/02/2006
Richard Dawkins
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CommentRichard Dawkins book lecture, select reading and Q+A
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Richard Dawkins | The God Delusion
Thursday, November 2, 2006 at 12:00PM
Free Library, Philadelphia
Central Library
901 Vine Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103 (between 19th and 20th Streets on the Parkway)

The preeminent scientist Richard Dawkins is Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. Discover magazine recently dubbed him Darwins Rottweiler for his fierce defense of evolution and Prospect magazine placed him among the top three public intellectuals (with Noam Chomsky and Umberto Eco) worldwide. His award-winning books include The Selfish Gene, in which he first introduced the concept of the meme,and The Blind Watchmaker, a convincing account of neo-Darwinian theory. In The God Delusion, Dawkins asserts the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm religion has done society, from the Crusades to 9/11.

Date: Thursday, November 02, 2006
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: The Free Library, Philadelphia
Central Library, 1901 Vine Street
Philadelphia, PA USA 19103
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