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The Selfish Gene

The Selfish Gene 2

30th Anniversary edition

by Richard Dawkins
Paperback
Publication Date: 16/03/2006
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The million copy international bestseller, critically acclaimed and translated into over 25 languages. Still as relevant and influential today as ever, The Selfish Gene has become a classic exposition of evolutionary thought. Professor Dawkins articulates a gene's eye view of evolution that not only brought the insights of Neo-Darwinism to a wide audience, but galvanised the biology community, generating much debate and stimulating whole new areas of research. This 30th anniversary edition includes a new introduction from the author as well as the original prefaces and foreword, and extracts from early reviews.
ISBN:
9780199291151
9780199291151
Category:
Popular science
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
16-03-2006
Language:
English
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Edition:
3rd Edition
Pages:
384
Dimensions (mm):
196x129x25mm
Weight:
0.28kg
Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins is the former Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University (1995-2008).

His many bestsellers include The Selfish Gene and The God Delusion.

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Apart from the scrutinized knowledge of Richard Dawkins in his field, what makes this book rare is how he was able to express and explain seemingly effortless to his audience such a complex matter; which is now one of the most fundamental concepts of evolution in its bare form.



A must read for anyone curious of human behavior.

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I read this book for the first time about 15 years ago. It is an absolutely brilliant explanation of how the very simple idea that the existence of a chemical which is able to create copies of itself can lead to the amazing range of life that exists on our planet today.



Everything I have read by Richard Dawkins has been exceptional, including Blind Watchmaker and River out of Eden.



Highly recommended.

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