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An appetite for wonder : the making of a scientist : a memoir
- Title
- An appetite for wonder : the making of a scientist : a memoir / Richard Dawkins.
- Author
- Dawkins, Richard, 1941-
- Publication
- New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2013]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 13-2032 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 308 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), genealogical table; 24 cm
- Summary
- Famous for his radical new vision of Darwinism, Richard Dawkins paints a colorful, richly textured canvas of his early life from innocent child to charismatic world-famous scientist.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Autobiography.
- Biography.
- Note
- "Originally published in Great Britain in 2013 by Bantam Press, an imprint of Transworld Publishers"--Title page verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Genes and pith helmets -- Camp followers in Kenya -- The land of the lake -- Eagle in the mountains -- Farewell to Africa -- Under Salisbury's spire -- 'And your English summer's done' -- The spire by the Nene -- Dreaming spires -- Learning the trade -- West Coast dreamtime -- Computer fix -- The grammar of behaviour -- The immortal gene -- Looking back down the path.
- Call Number
- JFE 13-2032
- ISBN
- 9780062225795 (hardcover)
- 0062225790 (hardcover)
- 0062225804
- 9780062225801
- 9780062287151 (international ed.) (canceled/invalid)
- 9780062315809 (signed ed.) (canceled/invalid)
- OCLC
- 854564776
- Author
- Dawkins, Richard, 1941- author.
- Title
- An appetite for wonder : the making of a scientist : a memoir / Richard Dawkins.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2013]
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 13-2032