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An Appetite for Wonder

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An Appetite for Wonder: The Making of a Scientist is the first volume of the autobiographical memoir by British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins. The hardcover version of the book was published in both the United Kingdom and the United States on 12 September 2013, and covers Dawkins's childhood and youth up to the writing of The Selfish Gene. A second volume, covering the remaining part of his life, is planned for release in 2015.Early reviews were mixed. Marek Kohn of The Independent described it as warm and generous, while Eric Liebetrau of the Boston Globe states the book's title is "ultimately a misnomer, as much of the narrative is a slog." The satirical magazine Private Eye describes it as "profoundly irksome...colourless....The self-absorption is extraordinary." Instead of providing a reflective memoir Dawkins "huffs and harangues." Leah Libresco, writing for First Things, finds the book "invites comparisons with C. S. Lewis’ Surprised by Joy. Both are memoirs by thinkers who seemed a little surprised to end up as apologists, much less as writers whom growing numbers would credit with their conversion or de-conversion."

Isbn 978-0-062-22579-5

Number of pages 320

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