Richard Dawkins, considered one of the world’s most influential
scientists, is the first holder of the Charles Simonyi professorship of
the public understanding of science at Oxford University and the
recipient of a number of awards for his writings and for his science,
including the International Cosmos Prize, the Kistler Prize, and the
Shakespeare Prize. He is also a fellow of the Royal Society. In a recent
poll in the United Kingdom, he was named Britain’s leading public
intellectual. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed
books, such as
The Selfish Gene,
The Blind Watchmaker,
Unweaving the Rainbow,
The Devil’s Chaplain, and
The Ancestor’s Tale.
The New York Times Book Review has hailed him as a writer who
“understands the issues so clearly that he forces his reader to
understand them too.”
In this discussion with D.J. Grothe, Dawkins talks about his new best-selling book,
The God Delusion,
addressing challenges from his critics to his assertion that it is very
unlikely that there is a God, and that religion is a form of child
abuse, among other topics. He also addresses the question of whether
science and religion are really at war.
Interview (listen or download):
http://www.pointofinquiry.org/richard_dawkins_the_god_delusion/
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