Difference between revisions of "Brief Candle in the Dark"
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* As with every other Dawkins book I've read, it's well-written, enjoyable to read, and uses an extensive vocabulary. | * As with every other Dawkins book I've read, it's well-written, enjoyable to read, and uses an extensive vocabulary. | ||
| − | * I especially liked the description of the Christmas Lectures | + | * Dawkins talks about his process behind each of his books, which I found interesting, and I especially liked the description of his work on the Christmas Lectures in which I felt Dawkins did a wonderful job. |
* In spite of Dawkins's many ''faux pas'' regarding women, he is quite the feminist in the book, both in the way he writes, and his retelling of his life's works. | * In spite of Dawkins's many ''faux pas'' regarding women, he is quite the feminist in the book, both in the way he writes, and his retelling of his life's works. | ||
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| + | * Several times Dawkins talks about why he doesn't like how publishers/videographers do this or that to better sell their books/documentaries. For example, he said he doesn't like when documentaries have the camera operator walking backwards while the host walks toward them at the same speed, and refuses to do it in his documentaries. I found this both uninteresting and a little ignorant. Obviously, the videographers know their work better than Dawkins, and the "walking forward" shot is certainly more visually interesting than the host just standing there, so why is he fighting them on this? | ||
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Revision as of 10:19, 23 March 2020
Brief Candle In the Dark: My Life In Science is a autobiographical memoir of Richard Dawkins published on 2015-09-10. The book includes stories about his various projects, lectures, life events, and school days.
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Good
- As with every other Dawkins book I've read, it's well-written, enjoyable to read, and uses an extensive vocabulary.
- Dawkins talks about his process behind each of his books, which I found interesting, and I especially liked the description of his work on the Christmas Lectures in which I felt Dawkins did a wonderful job.
- In spite of Dawkins's many faux pas regarding women, he is quite the feminist in the book, both in the way he writes, and his retelling of his life's works.
Bad
- Several times Dawkins talks about why he doesn't like how publishers/videographers do this or that to better sell their books/documentaries. For example, he said he doesn't like when documentaries have the camera operator walking backwards while the host walks toward them at the same speed, and refuses to do it in his documentaries. I found this both uninteresting and a little ignorant. Obviously, the videographers know their work better than Dawkins, and the "walking forward" shot is certainly more visually interesting than the host just standing there, so why is he fighting them on this?
Ugly
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