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Richard Dawkins book lecture, select reading and Q+A - at The Free Library, Philadelphia. Richard Dawkins | The God Delusion Thursday, November 2, 2006 at 12:00PM Free Library, Philadelphia Central Library 901 Vine Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 (between 19th and 20th Streets on the Parkway) The preeminent scientist Richard Dawkins is Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. Discover magazine recently dubbed him Darwins Rottweiler for his fierce defense of evolution and Prospect magazine placed him among the top three public intellectuals (with Noam Chomsky and Umberto Eco) worldwide. His award-winning books include The Selfish Gene, in which he first introduced the concept of the meme,and The Blind Watchmaker, a convincing account of neo-Darwinian theory. In The God Delusion, Dawkins asserts the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm religion has done society, from the Crusades to 9/11. Date: Thursday, November 02, 2006 Time: 12:00 PM Location: The Free Library, Philadelphia Central Library, 1901 Vine Street Philadelphia, PA USA 19103

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