137. Richard Dawkins on God, Genes, and Murderous Baby Cuckoos

The author of the classic The Selfish Gene is still changing the way we think about evolution.

SOURCE:Richard Dawkins • , professor emeritus of the public understanding of science at Oxford University.

RESOURCES:The Genetic Book of the Dead, • by Richard Dawkins (2024). Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution, • by Richard Dawkins (2021). • " About Three-in-Ten U.S. Adults Are Now Religiously Unaffiliated • ," by Gregory A. Smith ( Pew Research Center, • 2021). Cuckoo: Cheating by Nature, • by Nick Davies (2015). The God Delusion, • by Richard Dawkins (2006). • " Why the Universe Seems So Strange • ," by Richard Dawkins ( TED Global, • 2005). • " Surprising Stats About Child Carseats • ," by Steve Levitt ( TED Global, • 2005). • " Genes and Memes • ," by John Maynard Smith ( London Review of Books, • 1982). The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene, • by Richard Dawkins (1982). The Selfish Gene, • by Richard Dawkins (1976). • " Child Endowments and the Quantity and Quality of Children • ," by Gary Becker and Nigel Tomes ( Journal of Political Economy, • 1976). • " Selective Pecking in the Domestic Chick • ," by Richard Dawkins (University of Oxford Ph.D. thesis, 1966).

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