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The selfish gene /

By: Dawkins, Richard, 1941-
Material type: BookPublisher: UK : Oxford University Press, 1989.Edition: 40th anniversary edition.Description: xxxii, 464 p. ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9780198788607; 0198788606Subject(s): Behavior genetics | Genetics | Evolution (Biology) | Natural selectionDDC classification: 591.15 DA SE Online resources: Location Map
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POPULAR SCIENCE. 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.
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With a new epilogue to the 40th anniversary edition.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [435]-446) and index.

POPULAR SCIENCE. 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.

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