Overview

The million copy bestseller Universally acclaimed and translated into over twenty languages 'the sort of popular science writing that makes the reader feel like a genius' New York Times 'This important book could hardly be more exciting.' The Economist 'Learned, witty, and very well written ...exhilaratingly good' Spectator 'the reader will come away with a clear understanding of kin selection, evolutionary stable strategies, and evolutionary theories of animal behaviour. This is a considerable achievement' THES 'The exciting theories and their wide implications are explained with clarity, wit and enthusiasm' Peter Parker, Sunday Times 'This book should be read, can be read, by almost everyone. It describes with great skill a new face of the theory of evolution.' W. D. Hamilton, Science 'The presentations are remarkable for their clarity and simplicity, intelligible to any schoolchild, yet so little condescending as to be a pleasure to the professional.' American Scientist.

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Author:   Richard Dawkins
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford Paperbacks
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 19.60cm
Weight:   0.247kg
ISBN:  

9780192860927

ISBN 10:   0192860925
Pages:   366
Publication Date:   01 June 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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Table of Contents

Preface to 1976 edn; Preface to 1989 edn; 1. Why are people?; 2. The replicators; 3. Immortal coils; 4. The gene machine; 5. Aggression: stability and the selfish machine; 6. Genesmanship; 7. Family planning; 8. Battle of the generations; 9. Battle of the sexes; 10. You scratch my back, I'll ride on yours; 11. Memes: the new replicators; 12. Nice guys finish first; 13. The long reach of the gene; Endnotes; Updated bibliography; Index and key to bibliography

Reviews

the sort of popular science writing that makes the reader feel like a genius New York Times

Richard Dawkins communicates complex ideas simply and clearly. Of the original books on popular science I've read from time to time, The Selfish Gene is the one I've most enjoyed - lucid and persuasive, and set forth without requiring one to have any prior knowledge. But more important, it is about something of great interest: how life - our own included - has evolved and is passed on. This process, common to all living things, may be seen as a kind of immortality, the only kind that seems to me to have much meaning. (Kirkus UK)

Author Information

Richard Dawkins is Lecturer in Animal Behavior and Fellow of New College, Oxford. He is the author of The Blind Watchmaker.

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