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''An Appetite for Wonder: The Making of a Scientist'' is the first volume of the autobiographical memoir by British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins. The hardcover version of the book was published in both the United Kingdom and the United States on 12 September 2013, and covers Dawkins's childhood, youth, studies and early career up to the writing of ''The Selfish Gene''. A second volume, ''Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science'', covering the remaining part of his life, was released in September 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.amazon.com/Appetite-Wonder-Scientist-Richard-Dawkins/dp/0062225790 )〕 == Reviews == Early reviews were mixed. Marek Kohn of ''The Independent'' described it as warm and generous,〔''The Independent''. 27 September 2013.http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/book-review-an-appetite-for-wonder-the-making-of-a-scientist-by-richard-dawkins-8841760.html〕 while Eric Liebetrau of the ''Boston Globe'' 〔''Boston Globe'' 30 September 2013 http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2013/09/29/book-review-appetite-for-wonder-the-making-scientist-richard-dawkins/v1b2aDO4aQ35R5pKXyy6VN/story.html〕 states the book's title is "ultimately a misnomer, as much of the narrative is a slog." The satirical magazine ''Private Eye'' describes it as "profoundly irksome...colourless....The self-absorption is extraordinary." Instead of providing a reflective memoir Dawkins "huffs and harangues." 〔Beyond Belief. ''Private Eye'' no.1350. 4 October 2013. p27〕 Leah Libresco, writing for ''First Things'', finds the book "invites comparisons with C. S. Lewis’ ''Surprised by Joy''. Both are memoirs by thinkers who seemed a little surprised to end up as apologists, much less as writers whom growing numbers would credit with their conversion or de-conversion."〔''First Things'' "Incurious Dawkins" http://www.firstthings.com/article/2014/03/incurious-dawkins〕 In a review described in ''First Things'' as "withering,"〔''First Things'' "Evangelical Atheism" http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/leithart/2014/10/evangelical-atheism〕 philosopher John Gray, writing in ''The New Republic'', criticized the book's "tone of indulgent superiority" and "Dawkins' inveterate literal-mindedness," and commented that Dawkins "writes well – fluently, vividly, and at times with considerable power. But the ideas and the arguments that he presents are in no sense novel or original, and he seems unaware of the critiques of positivism that appeared in its Victorian heyday."〔''The New Republic'' "The Closed Mind of Richard Dawkins" http://www.newrepublic.com/article/119596/appetite-wonder-review-closed-mind-richard-dawkins〕 In ''The Independant'', Brandon Robshaw describes the book as "() a generous appreciation and admiration of the qualities of others, as well as a transparent love of life, literature – and science".〔Brandon Robshaw, ("Book review: An Appetite For Wonder, by Richard Dawkins. An insight beyond the caricature" ), ''The Independant'', Saturday 14 September 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「An Appetite for Wonder」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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