Growing up in the Universe - Richard Dawkins


	Growing up in the Universe - Richard Dawkins

JohnWaterman

12-31-2007 6:06 AM

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JohnWaterman says:

Lectures for Children from a young Richard Dawkins

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12-31-2007 8:35 AM

Antara

wonderful!

12-31-2007 9:45 AM

AcesLucky

Thanks!

12-31-2007 8:23 PM

wildcat

great, thx JW, and a happy new year

12-31-2007 10:55 PM

JohnWaterman

You're very welcome. And Happy New Year to You too.

1-2-2008 12:50 AM

neochonetes

Thank you very much! I will share this with my teaching friends. I bought his book, The Selfish Gene, and I read it over again on a frequent basis.

1-2-2008 3:32 AM

JohnWaterman

And here he is today

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"Science as epiphany! An instinctive teacher, Richard Dawkins increases our understanding of the universe and provokes our wonder at it in equal measure."
<EM> - The Most Reverend Richard Holloway, former Bishop of Edinburgh and Primus of the Church of Scotland.</EM>
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