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Scientists explain how their unique perspectives have redefined how we see the world

Influential and respected scientists explain how their unique scientific perspectives have redefined how we think about the world around us

Beautiful Minds: Series 2

Richard Dawkins

Jacqui Farnham

Sacha Baveystock

Beautiful Minds: Series 2: Episode 3: Professor Richard Dawkins

Professor Richard Dawkins

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Episode 3: Professor Richard Dawkins

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BBC Four - Beautiful Minds, Series 2, Professor Richard Dawkins

How Richard Dawkins became the most influential evolutionary biologist of his generation.

Dawkins discusses his book, the Selfish Gene, which divided the scientific community and made him the most influential evolutionary biologist of his time.

Professor Richard Dawkins reveals how he came to write his explosive first book The Selfish Gene, a work that was to divide the scientific community and make him the most influential evolutionary biologist of his generation. He also explores how this set him on the path to becoming an outspoken spokesman for atheism.

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Three scientists explain how their work has redefined how we think about the world

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