The selfish gene: 40th anniversary edition

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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, gener…

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Full title :The selfish gene : 40th anniversary edition / Richard Dawkins.

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Publication Date:2016.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:New York, NY
Language:eng
Publication Date:2016.

The Physical Object

Description:xxxii, 464 pages ; : 20 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780198788607, 0198788606
oclc:ocn989270421
LC Classification:QH437 .D322 2016
Dewey Decimal:576.82

Why are people? -- The replicators -- Immortal coils -- The gene machine -- Aggression : stability and the selfish machine -- Genesmanship -- Family planning -- Battle of the generations -- Battle of the sexes -- You scratch my back, I'll ride on yours -- Memes : the new replicators -- Nice guys finish first -- The long reach of the gene