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Midgley

Mary Midgley (1919 to 2018), a British philosopher known for her criticism of The Selfish Gene and for debates about human nature.

The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins

Explained in

• The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins
• A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson

  Thomas Midgley, an American engineer and chemist. He proposed adding tetraethyl lead to gasoline and later created chlorofluorocarbons for refrigerators; both inventions turned out to be harmful.

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