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While full of praise for his lucidity as a populariser of science and writer on biology, alister mcgrath demolishes dawkins s arguments for atheism, and undermines him as a. The world of the selfish gene revolves around savage competition, ruthless exploitation, and deceit, and yet, dawkins argues, acts of apparent altruism do exist in nature. Sep 19, 2019 read richard dawkinss book the selfish gene. The selfish gene written by charles simonyi professor of the public understanding of science richard dawkins, published by oxford university press, usa which was released on 08 april 1989.
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