Professor Richard Dawkins is a Zoologist and the Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford. He is one of the world's most recognizable and influential intellectual figures. His books on evolutionary theory and modern science have sold millions of copies, and he is one of the most quotable thinkers in modern science. Of course, he is also one of the most outspoken atheists of the age.
"I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world."