The Selfish Gene
40th Anniversary edition
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4.1 • 90 Ratings
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Publisher Description
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.
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.
Customer Reviews
Exquisite
I read this book immediately after reading Behave by Robert Sapolsky, and all I can say is I’m grateful for this experience and I recommend it to any fans of science. I don’t have to reread sections to understand it, it’s written and read very well so I can follow along without rewinding or filling up a notebook.
Great. Book
Great book to learn how the biological world works
Bad
Almost as bad as his “God delusion” book, but not quite as bad.