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An appetite for wonder : the making of a scientist : a memoir / Richard Dawkins

This memoir details the childhood and intellectual awakening of a leading evolutionary biologist. It follows his journey from colonial Africa to Oxford University, documenting the events and research that resulted in the publication of The Selfish Gene.
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