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--== "The World of Richard Dawkins" Newsletter ==--
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Richard Dawkins on "Ideas and Issues" (WETS-FM) Hugh LaFollette, host. 30
minute radio interview from 1997. (RealAudio):
http://dazzle.etsu.edu/extra/ideas/dawkins.htm
Hugh LaFollette's homepage, and Radio Show: Ideas and Issues
http://www.etsu.edu/philos/faculty/hugh.htm
http://www.etsu.edu/philos/wets.htm
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"Cloning Debate" Screened on B.B.C.1 as part of the "Every man" programme.
(1996). Text transcribed by Ian Hill (Thanks Ian!). Participants include
Richard Dawkins, Grahame Bulfield, Sheila McLean, Lord Jakobovits, Donald
Bruce. Chaired by Joan Bakewell:
http://www.world-of-dawkins.com/cloning_debate.htm
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BOOK OF THE MONTH: http://www.world-of-dawkins.com/bom_1999.htm
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Featured book for November 1999....
"Evolution", 2nd edition by Colin Patterson
Paperback - 176 pages 2nd edition (May 1999) Comstock Pub Assoc
Colin Patterson was employed in the Palaeontology Department of The Natural
History Museum from 1962 until 1993. He held an 'individual merit'
appointment from 1974. Though retired at the age of 60 he continued to work
daily in the Museum until his sudden death in 1998.
Book description: Introducing the latest ideas on how life originated and
diversified on earth, this new edition of a classic work provides a concise
and engaging summary of modern evolutionary theory. The heavily illustrated
book is intended for readers with little or no formal training in science
and is an ideal introduction for students. Teachers of biology will also
find the book a valuable reference text. Among the features of the second
edition:
• new chapters on neural evolution and gene evolution
• explanations of the latest theories on the evolution of humans
• extensive updates throughout, with emphasis on molecular evolution
• many new or updated illustrations
• comprehensive coverage, clear and concise presentation
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08 November 99 - Physics
Alan Guth - MIT cosmologist returns to the program to talk about his
inflationary universe theory and new evidence that it will prove to be
correct.
-- John Catalano + catalj@spacelab.net + New York, USA 'The World of Richard Dawkins' @ http://www.world-of-dawkins.com "...If 'God' is a synonym for the deepest principles of physics, what word is left for a hypothetical being who answers prayers, intervenes to save cancer patients or helps evolution over difficult jumps, forgives sins or dies for them? If we are allowed to relabel scientific awe as a religious impulse, the case goes through on the nod. You have redefined science as religion, so it's hardly surprising if they turn out to 'converge.'" --Richard Dawkins http://www.forbes.com/asap/99/1004/235.htm
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