Richard Dawkins Award
The Atheist Alliance of America [1] has given out the Richard Dawkins Award since 2003. The award is named after Richard Dawkins, an English evolutionary biologist who was named the world's top thinker in 2013.[2] The award is given out to individuals that raised public consciousness of atheism in the past year.
Recipients
- 2003: James Randi
- 2004: Ann Druyan
- 2005: Penn & Teller
- 2006: Julia Sweeney
- 2007: Daniel Dennett
- 2008: Ayaan Hirsi Ali
- 2009: Bill Maher[3]
- 2010: Susan Jacoby[4]
- 2011: Christopher Hitchens[5]
- 2012: Eugenie Scott[6]
- 2013: Steven Pinker[7]
- 2014: Rebecca Goldstein[8]
- 2015: Jerry Coyne[9]
- 2016: Lawrence M. Krauss
Photos
 Richard Dawkins Award |  Jerry Coyne Receives the Richard Dawkins Award in Atlanta, GA 2015 |  Dr. Lawrence Krauss is Given the Richard Dawkins Award by Mark W. Gura and Melissa Pugh of Atheist Alliance of America at the Reason Rally 2016 |
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- ↑ "The Richard Dawkins Award". SERVING THE ATHEIST COMMUNITY FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
- ↑ "Richard Dawkins named world's top thinker in poll". theguardian.com. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ↑ "Bill Maher gets the Richard Dawkins Award? That's like Jenny McCarthy getting an award for public health". scienceblogs.com. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ↑ "Inspiring Women of TAM 2013: Susan Jacoby". skepticink.com. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ↑ "Christopher Hitchens: one man's service in the war against delusion". theguardian.com. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ↑ "2012 Richard Dawkins Award for Eugenie Scott". richarddawkins.net.
- ↑ "Dr. Steven Pinker to Receive 2013 Richard Dawkins Award". atheistallianceamerica.org. Archived from the original on May 13, 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ↑ http://secularsites.net/AAA-live/richard-dawkins-award-presentation/
- ↑ http://atheistallianceamerica.org/articles/jerry-coyne-receives-2015-richard-dawkins-award/
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