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Brief Candle in the Dark
by Richard Dawkins
Memoir part two: the public years, debates, television, the books, the controversies. Thematic rather than chronological.
Read it if…
you want the public Dawkins explained by himself.
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Skip it if…
you dislike him; this will not change it.
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Three things you will actually use
- Public science has costs.
- Defend evidence.
- Keep the candle lit.
Do this first
Read the chapters on debates.
Our verdict
Dawkins's memoir, part two.
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