Richard Докинз is prominent British ученый-этолог and tireless popularizer of science, laureate of many literary and scientific bonuses, author of the books "The Selfish gene" translated into many languages, "Extended phenotype", "Blind watch-maker", "Untwining a rainbow", "God as illusion" et al. His works played an enormous role in the revival of interest in scientific literature, addressed wide reader audience.New book Докинза it is conversation with a young reader. Are her most heads entitled by a question: "Who was the first man"?, What is all "made out of"?, "What rainbow"? or "Why do troubles" happen?. An author not only tries to give accessible and convincing answers on them but also tells about that, how exactly scientists come to the decision of riddles that is tirelessly presented to humanity by Universe. Indeed, and it is today possible to explain far not everything, writes Докинз, but one of main dignities of science consists of that "scientists know when an answer for some question is unknown them. They with gladness declare about the ignorance. Gladness is here appropriate, because searches of faithful answer are увлекательнейшее employment".