The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life (Audio CD)

Richard Dawkins seems to be something of a love/hate figure these days. Many people deplore his outspoken atheism and attacks on the evils of religion, calling him "shrill" or worse, accusing him of the kind of fundamentalism he himself opposes. On the other end of the scale are those who find his emphasis on empirical reason and the promotion of science a breath of fresh air in a world that seems to be increasingly in the thrall of the superstitious and irrational. My views on the Prof fall firmly into the latter camp. As far as I'm concerned, the more people there are taking a stand against the excesses of religion, the better. But to concentrate ...  Read the complete review