Elsdon-Baker, Fern: The Selfish Genius

Richard Dawkins is one of the most recognisable libing scientists in the world. In the public perception of evolutionary theory, it often seems as if Dawkins has become more associated with Darwinism than Charles Darwin himself. However, in recent years he has been left behind by changes in the way science thinks about evolutionary processes. Fern Elsdon-Baker, a rational pro-science atheist and specialist in the history and communication of evolutionary theory, finds Dawkins' influence distinctly worrying. She argues that Dawkins is publicly misrepresenting Science as a whole and asks - is Dawkins really acting to popularise Science or to popularise Richard Dawkins?