The Selfish Gene
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Richard Dawkins
The million copy international bestseller, critically acclaimed and translated into over 25 languages. This 30th anniversary edition includes a new introduction from the author as well as the original prefaces and foreword, and extracts from early reviews. As relevant and 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.
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Author
Richard Dawkins
Pages
384
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Published Date
2006-03-16
ISBN
0191537551 9780191537554
Ratings
Google: 4.5
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"Loved the audiobook, read by Dawkins himself"
Jesse Gauntt
"No. This is actually the only book I have read by Richard Dawkins. Do you have any recommendations? "
Amanda Wilcox
"I feel badly about giving this only 3 stars, I deeply want to give it more, but unfortunately I struggled too much to comprehend a fair portion of this book. What of it I did understand felt overly explained. <br/><br/>I’ll plan to read another of his books and maybe come back and re-read this next year. I can’t shake the feeling I missed something. Didn’t grasp the significance of an idea. I’m not sure. Anyways the read was far from a waste. I’m inspired to learn more in this realm, especially from the minds of actual scientists and less from philosophically and scientifically minded journalists, of whom’s easy pros have my comprehension spoiled. <br/><br/>"
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Josh A
"Really been on non-fiction kick lately. Specifically related to behavior and neuroscience. Generally more Sci fi and fantasy. Been reading The Brain that changes itself. Finding it interesting. "
Bradley Rosenbaum
