The Selfish Gene - Richard Dawkins

The Selfish Gene

ByRichard Dawkins

  • Release Date: 2016-06-02
  • Genre: Life Sciences
Score: 4
4
From 90 Ratings

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.

Reviews

  • Exquisite

    5
    By Ptolemy III
    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.
  • Bad

    1
    By Sir Rami #21
    Almost as bad as his “God delusion” book, but not quite as bad.
  • Terrible book with no evidence

    1
    By Manny-n
    This book is written purely based on personal opinion and it does not provide tangible and irrefutable evidence to support its argument. Waste of money.

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