The Selfish Gene
by Richard Dawkins and Lalla Ward Richard Dawkins
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As influential today as when it was first published, The Selfish Gene has become a classic exposition of evolutionary thought. Professor Dawkins articulates a gene's eye view of evolution - a view giving centre stage to these persistent units of information, and in which organisms can be seen as vehicles for their replication. This imaginative, powerful, and stylistically brilliant work not only brought the insights of Neo-Darwinism to a wide audience, but galvanized the biology
community, generating much debate and stimulating whole new areas of research. Forty years later, its insights remain as relevant today as on the day it was published.
This 40th anniversary edition includes a new epilogue from the author discussing the continuing relevance of these ideas in evolutionary biology today, as well as the original prefaces and foreword, and extracts from early reviews.
Oxford Landmark Science books are 'must-read' classics of modern science writing which have crystallized big ideas, and shaped the way we think.
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Evolution (Biology), Genetics, Sociobiology, Behavior genetics, Genetica, Etologia Animal, Genetics. 0, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Natural selection, Sociobiologie, Évolution (biologie), Memen, Diergedrag, Génétique animale, Evolutionstheorie, Habits and behavior of Animals, 42.21 evolution, Genen, Génétique du comportement, Génétique, Biological Evolution, Évolution, Evolutie, Evolution, Origin of species, Korean language materials, Genetik, Sosyobiyoloji, Evrim (Biyoloji), non fiction, biology, essay, evolution theory, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, Genetic Selection, Behavioral Genetics, Animal genetics, Animal behavior, Genetics, behavioral, Selection, genetic, Qh437 .d38 2006, 2006 f-119, Qu 475 d271s 2006, 576.82Showing 4 featured editions. View all 41 editions?
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2006, Oxford University Press
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"Intelligent life on a planet comes of age when it first works out the reason for its own existence."
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