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

by 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.

Accession 18157 ISBN 9780062225795 Publisher HarperCollins
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