Outgrowing God : a beginner's guide
Richard Dawkins (Author)
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
Print Book, English, 2019
First U.S edition View all formats and editions
Random House, New York, 2019
Informational works
294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
9781984853912, 1984853910
1111650445
Part 1. 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?
Part 2. 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? Did we evolve to be nice?
Taking courage from science
Includes index