Outgrowing God : a beginner's guide / Richard Dawkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dawkins, Richard, 1941- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Atheism.

Physical Description:

294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm

Edition:

First U.S edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Random House, 2019.

Summary:

One of the world's bestselling science communicators, Dawkins gives readers an opportunity to rethink the big questions. In 12 fiercely funny, mind-expanding chapters, he explains how the natural world arose without a designer--the improbability and beauty of the "bottom-up programming" that engineers an embryo or a flock of starlings--and challenges head-on some of the most basic assumptions made by the world's religions.

Contents:

Goodbye God

So many gods!

But is it true?

Myths and how they start

The good book?

Do we need God in order to be good?

How do we decide what is good?

Evolution and beyond

Surely there must be a designer

Steps towards improbability

Crystals and jigsaw puzzles

Bottom up or top down?

Did we evolve to be religious?

We evolve to be nice?

Taking courage from science.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781984853912

1984853910

OCLC:

1111650445

Publisher Number:

40029519749