A Science Canon (Ian McEwan)
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The Guardian, 15 Books
Thirty years ago, Richard Dawkins published his groundbreaking book The Selfish Gene. Ian McEwan argues that it is part of a long history of literary science writing, in which the pursuit of truth and the excitement of new ideas is conveyed in luminous prose
This list was originally published in 2006 and was added to this site about 2 years ago.
