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OverviewThe 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Richard Dawkins (Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science and Fellow of New College, Oxford.)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Edition: 3rd edition Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 19.60cm Weight: 0.283kg ISBN: 9780199291151ISBN 10: 0199291152 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 16 March 2006 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction to 3rd edn; Preface to 1989 2nd edn; Foreword to 1976 1st edn; Preface to 1976 1st 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; Reviews from earlier editions; Updated bibliography; Index and key to bibliographyReviewsDawkins's first book, The Selfish Gene, was a smash hit... Best of all, Dawkins laid out this biology - some of it truly subtle - in stunningly lucid prose. (It is, in my view, the best work of popular science ever written.) H. Allen Orr, New York Review of Books The Selfish Gene is a classic. Robin McKie, The Observer A genuine cultural landmark of our time. The Independent Review from previous edition The sort of popular science writing that makes the reader feel like a genius. New York Times Author InformationRichard Dawkins is the first holder of the Charles Simonyi Chair of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford, Fellow of New College, Oxford, Fellow of the Royal Society, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His bestselling books include The Extended Phenotype (1982) and its sequel The Blind Watchmaker (1986), River Out of Eden (1995), Climbing Mount Improbable (1996), Unweaving the Rainbow (1998), A Devil's Chaplain (2004) and The Ancestor's Tale (2004). He has won many literary and scientific awards, including the 1987 Royal Society of Literature Award, the 1990 Michael Faraday Award of the Royal Society, the 1994 Nakayama Prize for Human Science, the 1997 International Cosmos Prize, and the Shakespeare Prize in 2005. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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