September 18, 2011

Colorfully Drawn Science

Serious Science, in a Comic Book 1

Dave McKean

In his new book, the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins says the laws of science and reason themselves can be "deeply moving, exhilarating: something that gives us goose bumps."

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Dave McKean

In his new book, the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins says the laws of science and reason themselves can be "deeply moving, exhilarating: something that gives us goose bumps."

By Peter Monaghan

Having characterized the gene as relentlessly selfish, and assured the world that gods are dangerous delusions, Richard Dawkins now wants to help young readers understand why natural phenomena are magical.

Not in the sense that they can be explained by fanciful malarkey—rainbows are not the gods' bridge to earth; runs of "bad luck" are not natural phenomena that choose victims; and natural cataclysms are not God's mortification of man, contrary to at least one presidential