Dawkins' work shows why free inquiry and the scientific method are essential for human progress, especially when they are under threat from religious dogma or new forms of ideological orthodoxy.

Richard Dawkins is not pleased with God: The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all of fiction. Jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust unforgiving control-freak; a ...

Author's introduction -- Editor's introduction -- I. The value(s) of science. The values of science and the science of values ; Speaking up for science : an open letter to Prince Charles ; Science and ...

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