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Loading... The Extended Selfish Gene (original 1976; edition 2016)by Richard Dawkins
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Ignore all the widespread information and prevalent opinions about this book and ignore the talks and speeches by Richard Dawkins dealing with Christianity and religion as such and don't let those form your opinion about this book without reading it and instead go and read it. It is incredibly well written and it deals with complex questions about life that ought to be interesting for basically anyone. I've found it to be a perfect introduction into evolutionary theories and even though it is 40 years old and many new facts emerged, the core is still sound and relevant. Maybe consider reading some current critique that points out how our new knowledge affected the theories presented in this book. ( ) no reviews | add a review
'The Selfish Gene' is a classic exposition of evolutionary thought. In it 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 the replication of genes. The book provoked widespread and heated debate, which in part led Dawkins to write 'The Extended Phenotype', in which he gave a deeper clarification of the central concept of the gene as the unit of selection, as well as contributing his own development of this insight. 'The Extended Selfish Gene' brings these two books together, by including two key chapters from 'The Extended Phenotype.' No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)576.82Natural sciences and mathematics Life Sciences, Biology Genetics and evolution Evolution Theories of evolutionLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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