An edition of The selfish gene (1976)

The Selfish Gene

30th Anniversary Edition
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An edition of The selfish gene (1976)

The Selfish Gene

30th Anniversary Edition
  • 4.4 (64 ratings) ·
  • 381 Want to read
  • 25 Currently reading
  • 84 Have read

with a new Introduction by the Author

Publish Date
Language
English
Pages
384

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Edition Availability
Cover of: The Selfish Gene
The Selfish Gene
March 23, 2006, Oxford University Press, USA
in English - 30th Anniversary Edition
Cover of: The selfish gene
The selfish gene
2006, Oxford University Press
in English - 30th anniversary ed.
Cover of: The Selfish Gene
The Selfish Gene
Apr 24, 2006, Seoul: Eulyoo
paperback in Korean
Cover of: The Selfish Gene
The Selfish Gene
1999, Oxford University Press
in English - New ed.
Cover of: The selfish gene
The selfish gene
1978, Oxford University Press
in English

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First Sentence

"Intelligent life on a planet comes of age when it first works out the reason for its own existence."

Contributors

Introduction
Richard Dawkins

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL7405450M
ISBN 10
0199291152
ISBN 13
9780199291151
Library Thing
23538
Goodreads
61535

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL1966488W

First Sentence

"Intelligent life on a planet comes of age when it first works out the reason for its own existence."

Work Description

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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