道金斯科学入门 | Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide
by Richard Dawkins
BOOK DESCRIPTION
我们为何而生，又为何要死？上帝真的存在吗？在进化生物学家、畅销书作家道金斯看来，相信超自然事物的存在就是放弃自己的好奇心；宗教让人止步于似是而非的答案，是在摧残人的童年。
道金斯致力于向公众传播科学，成就斐然。书中，道金斯再度向宗教发问，在纵论世界各文明的各种信仰和传说的共性、特性后，他以基督教和《圣经》为例，逐步揭示宗教和神话的起源，质疑宗教经典的客观性和真实性，揭露了宗教鼓吹的观念的虚伪性，强调人不依赖宗教、信仰、传说，也可以建立道德体系、成就自我。
接下来，道金斯以生物进化这一科学事实，向年轻人，尤其是青少年讲述宗教之不可能以及科学之真实。道金斯用极为浅显的语言介绍了进化论，并将之与生物学领域新成果结合，从这一角度继续对虚伪的宗教宣传、神创论进行批驳，鼓励读者，特别是青少年用科学精神看待世界，勇于质疑，敢于实验。
Should we believe in God? In this new book, written for a new generation, the brilliant science writer and author of The God Delusion, explains why we shouldn’t.
Should we believe in God? Do we need God in order to explain the existence of the universe? Do we need God in order to be good? In twelve chapters that address some of the most profound questions human beings confront, Dawkins marshals science, philosophy and comparative religion to interrogate the hypocrisies of all the religious systems and explain to readers of all ages how life emerged without a Creator, how evolution works and how our world came into being.
For anyone hoping to grapple with the meaning of life and what to believe, Outgrowing God is a challenging, thrilling and revelatory read.
