Richard Dawkins reads Charles Simonyi's manifesto and the introduction to 'Unweaving the Rainbow'
By RICHARD DAWKINS
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This was the introduction to Richard Dawkins' 2008 Simonyi lecture at Oxford. This is part of what Charles Simonyi wrote in 1995, outlining the chair for 'Public Understanding of Science.'
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Richard Dawkins reads the opening lines to his book 'Unweaving the Rainbow' at the conclusion of the Charles Simonyi lecture 2008.
The main content of this talk was "The Purpose of Purpose", which can be seen here.
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