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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 Coll…
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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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2022
Science Friction
Movie Self
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2021
Great Minds
TV show Self
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2021
Faraway Eyes
Movie Thanks
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2020
Intersect
Movie Q42 / Computer
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2019
La entrevista de
TV show Self
- 2018
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2018
The Fool
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2017
Losing Our Religion
Movie Self
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2017
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
Movie Self
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2017
Supersapiens: the Rise of the Mind
Movie Self
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2016
Nightwish: Vehicle Of Spirit
Movie Self - Special Appearance
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2016
Nightwish: Live Ratina Stadion, Tampere
Movie Self - Special Appearance
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2016
The Atheist Delusion
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2016
Beware the Slenderman
Movie Self
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2015
Bible Belt Atheist
Movie Thanks
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2015
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
TV show Self
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2015
Breath of Life
Movie Self
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2015
Patterns of Evidence: The Exodus
Movie Self (uncredited archive footage)
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2013
The Unbelievers
Movie Self
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2013
Speciesism: The Movie
Movie Self
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2012
The Reality of Me
Movie Self
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2012
Sex, Death and the Meaning of Life
TV show Creator
- 2012
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2011
Brave New World with Stephen Hawking
TV show Self
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2011
Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words
TV show Self
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2011
The Future Is Now!
Movie The Scientist
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2011
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
TV show Self
- 2010
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2010
Faith School Menace?
Movie Self
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2010
Genius of Britain
TV show Presenter
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2010
Sex, Drugs & Religion
Movie Self
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2009
A Universe from Nothing
Movie Self
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2009
Inside Nature's Giants
TV show Presenter
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2009
The Meaning of Life
TV show Self
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2009
Dawkins vs Lennox: Has Science Buried God?
Movie Self
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2008
The Genius of Charles Darwin
TV show Presenter
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2008
The Genius of Charles Darwin
Movie Self - Host
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2008
Q&A
TV show Self - Panellist
- 2008
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2008
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Movie Self
