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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.
Filmography
Science Friction
Film · 2022
Great Minds
Series · 2021
Intersect
Film · 2020
La entrevista de
Series · 2019
The Fool
Film · 2018
Ordinary Savage: The Origins of Violence and Hurt Feelings
Film · 2018
Losing Our Religion
Film · 2017
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
Film · 2017
Supersapiens: the Rise of the Mind
Film · 2017
The Atheist Delusion
Film · 2016
Beware the Slenderman
Film · 2016
Nightwish: Vehicle Of Spirit
Film · 2016
Nightwish: Live Ratina Stadion, Tampere
Film · 2016
Breath of Life
Film · 2015
Patterns of Evidence: The Exodus
Film · 2015
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Series · 2015
The Unbelievers
Film · 2013
Speciesism: The Movie
Film · 2013
The Reality of Me
Film · 2012
Something From Nothing: A Conversation with Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss
Film · 2012
The Future Is Now!
Film · 2011
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
Series · 2011
Brave New World with Stephen Hawking
Series · 2011
Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words
Series · 2011
Sex, Drugs & Religion
Film · 2010
Robin Ince: Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People
Film · 2010
Faith School Menace?
Film · 2010
Genius of Britain
Series · 2010
Dawkins vs Lennox: Has Science Buried God?
Film · 2009
A Universe from Nothing
Film · 2009
Inside Nature's Giants
Series · 2009
The Meaning of Life
Series · 2009
Atheist Alliance International Convention 2007
Film · 2008
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Film · 2008
The Genius of Charles Darwin
Film · 2008
Discussions with Richard Dawkins, Episode 1: The Four Horsemen
Film · 2008
The Genius of Charles Darwin
Series · 2008
Q&A
Series · 2008
The Enemies of Reason
Film · 2007
The God Delusion Debate
Film · 2007
The Big Questions
Series · 2007
Root of All Evil?
Film · 2006
The Trouble with Atheism
Film · 2006
A War on Science
Film · 2006
The Root of All Evil?
Series · 2006
The God Who Wasn't There
Film · 2005
The Colbert Report
Series · 2005
Doctor Who
Series · 2005
Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief
Series · 2004
Real Time with Bill Maher
Series · 2003
Reich: Three Tales
Film · 2002
The Mind's Big Bang
Film · 2001
Richard & Judy
Series · 2001
HARDtalk
Series · 1997
Break the Science Barrier
Series · 1996
The Daily Show
Series · 1996
The Simpsons
Series · 1989
The Blind Watchmaker
Film · 1987
Evolution - Darwin's Dangerous Idea
Film