by Richard Dawkins · Bantam Press · tapa dura · ISBN 9780593055489
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In 'The God Delusion', Richard Dawkins examines the irrationality of belief in God and the harm that religion has inflicted on society throughout history, from the Crusades to 9/11. With rigor and wit, Dawkins analyzes God in all his forms, from the sex-obsessed tyrant of the Old Testament to the more benign (but still illogical) Celestial Watchmaker favored by some Enlightenment thinkers. The author shows how religion fuels war, foments bigotry, and abuses children, buttressing his points with historical and contemporary evidence. 'The God Delusion' argues that belief in God is not only wrong, but potentially deadly, offering an exhilarating insight into the advantages of atheism for the individual and society.
Richard Dawkins is a British evolutionary biologist, zoologist, science communicator and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford. In 1995, he was named the first Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, a position he held until 2008, and is on the advisory board of the University of Austin. Dawkins has won several academic and writing awards, among them the 2005 Shakespeare Prize and the 2006 Lewis Thomas Prize. Presenting the latter, Paul Nurse said "In eloquent, evocative prose, Richard Dawkins conveys the certainty that, rather than diminishing the myriad beauties of the universe and extinguishing wonderment at its mysteries, science reveals truths that are yet more awe-inspiring than the mysteries they solve."
