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Also Known As	Clinton Richard Dawkins
Born	March 26, 1941 (age 85) • Nairobi • Kenya
Notable Works	“Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science” • “An Appetite for Wonder: The Making of a Scientist” • “Climbing Mount Improbable” • “River Out of Eden” • “The Ancestor’s Tale” • “The Blind Watchmaker” • “The Evolution of Life” • “The Extended Phenotype” • “The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution” • “The Magic of Reality: How We Know What’s Really True” • “The Selfish Gene”
Subjects Of Study	evolution • gene