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UM Storer Auditorium

5250 University Drive
Coral Gables, FL 33146

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Region: Coral Gables/South Miami

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British ethologist and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins is famous for his contributions to our understanding of natural selection and evolution, both as they pertain to biology and to ideas. His 1976 book, The Selfish Gene, popularized the gene-centered view of evolution. It also introduced the concept of the “meme,” which theorizes that ideas, styles, and behaviors are selected and spread just like genes. His new book, The Magic of Reality: How We Know What’s Really True, is aimed at preventing children from getting brainwashed by religion. Each chapter poses a question, such as: “Who was the first person?” or “When and how did everything begin?” He supplies the reader with fanciful answers from ancient cultures, the Bible, and beyond, and then uses the karate chop of science to demolish creation myths. Dawkins will give a lecture about his new book at the University of Miami’s Storer Auditorium Friday.
Fri., Sept. 30, 5 p.m., 2011