ALPHABETICAL BRAIN® VOCABULARY HUMANIST GALAXY OF SECULAR SCIENCE STARS RICHARD DAWKINS April 14, 2022 Note: Richard Dawkins has written several of the most important books about evolutionary biology and psychology ever written. Also, he has written about how DNA, genetic engineering, virtual reality, and astronomy relate to brain science in easy to understand secular humanistic language. They should all be read and discussed throughout the Humanist Galaxy. The five books outlined and evaluated on this website are good introductions to the vast range of Dawkin's ideas about evolutionary science. Two of his most innovative ideas were creating meanings for the words "The Selfish Gene" and "Memes" to explain crucial evolutionary ideas. The following five titles are linked to files with book summaries and reviews. Dawkins' other books will be outlined and reviewed very soon Book #1 OUTGROWING GOD: A Beginner's Guide by Richard Dawkins. Random House, 2019 (294 pages, 8 plates). Book #2 THE MAGIC OF REALITY: How We Know What's Really True by Richard Dawkins and illustrated by Dave McKean. Free Press, 2011 (271 pages). Book #3 GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins. Free Press, 2009 (i-ix, 470 pages) [32 pages of color plates]. Book #4 THE BLIND WATCHMAKER: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design by Richard Dawkins, Norton, 1976, 1986, with A new introduction in 1996 (i-xvii, 358 pages) Book #5 RIVER OUT OF EDEN: A Darwinian View of Life by Richard Dawkins. Basic Books/HarperCollins, 1995 (i-xiii, 172 pages). Click or Tap Links to Outlines and Reviews BOOK #1 OUTGROWING GOD: A Beginner's Guide OR BOOK #2 THE MAGIC OF REALITY: How We Know What's Really True OR BOOK #3 THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH: The Evidence for Evolution OR BOOK #4 THE BLIND WATCHMAKER: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design OR BOOK #5 RIVER OUT OF EDEN: A Darwinian View of Life Click or Tap to Return to Humanist Galaxy RETURN TO THE HUMANIST GALAXY OF SECULAR SCIENCE STARS ALPHABETICAL BRAIN® VOCABULARY produced by Infinite Interactive Ideas®