2006-10-30 Dawkins Week at EvolutionBlog!
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Reviews:
- Lawrence Krauss, Physicist
- Marilynne Robinson, Pulitzer-Prize-winning novelist
- Jim Holt, book reviewer for The New York Times
- Gregg Easterbrook
- Thomas Nagel, Philosopher
- John Wilkins