The selfish gene

by Dawkins, Richard

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Title Statements

Full title :The selfish gene / Richard Dawkins.

Summary

The million copy international bestseller, critically acclaimed and translated into over 25 languages. 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.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2016
Edition:40th anniversary edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2016

Notes

With a new epilogue to the 40th anniversary edition.

The Physical Object

Description:xxxii, 464 pages ; : 20 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780198788607, 0198788606
oclc:on1038564118
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.

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