A Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science Audiobook (Free)

In this hugely interesting sequel to the brand new York Times bestselling memoir An Appetite for Wonder, Richard Dawkins delves deeply into his intellectual life spent kick-starting new conversations about technology, culture, and religious beliefs and writing another of the very most audacious and widely read books from the twentieth century-The God Delusion.

Called “one of the better non-fiction writers alive today” (Stephen Pinker) and a “prize-fighter” (Nature), Richard Dawkins cheerfully, mischievously, looks about A Brief Candle at night: My Life in Science back again on an eternity of tireless intellectual adventure and engagement. Discovering the halls of intellectual inquiry and stardom he experienced following the publication of his seminal work, The Selfish Gene; affectionately lampooning the world of academia, posting, and television; and studding the web pages with funny tales about the fantastic women and men he’s known, Dawkins presents a candid look at the events and suggestions that encouraged him to change his focus on the intersection of culture, religion, and technology. He also invites the reader to look even more closely in the outstanding succession of ten important books that grew normally out of his occupied existence, highlighting the tips that connect them and excavating their origins.

Over the publication of his tenth book, the smash hit, The God Delusion, a “resounding trumpet blast for truth” (Matt Ridley), Richard Dawkins was catapulted from mere intellectual stardom right into a circle of celebrity thinkers dubbed, “The New Atheists”-including Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett.

WITHIN A Brief Candle at night, Dawkins shares around his infectious feeling of wonder on the natural world, his enjoyment from the absurdities of human connection, and his bracing awareness of life’s brevity: all of which have produced a deep imprint on our culture.