In addition to being a shouty Non-God-Botherer
he's also more or less defined the way we think about genetics and evolution for the past 35 years or so.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins#Evolutionary_biology
The Selfish Gene is a Very Good Book Indeed.
( Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 22:37, archived)