The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary editionOUP Oxford, 16 mrt 2006 - 384 pagina's The million copy international bestseller, critically acclaimed and translated into over 25 languages. This 30th anniversary edition includes a new introduction from the author as well as the original prefaces and foreword, and extracts from early reviews. As relevant and 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. |
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Pagina vii
... arguing that people who newly discover an author will naturally tend to go back to his first book : having read The Selfish Gene , surely they'll work their way through to the latest and ( to its fond parent ) favourite baby ? I would ...
... arguing that people who newly discover an author will naturally tend to go back to his first book : having read The Selfish Gene , surely they'll work their way through to the latest and ( to its fond parent ) favourite baby ? I would ...
Pagina viii
... The Selfish Something , that something turns out to be the gene , for cogent reasons which this book argues . Whether or not you end up buying the argument itself , that is viii Introduction to the 30th anniversary edition.
... The Selfish Something , that something turns out to be the gene , for cogent reasons which this book argues . Whether or not you end up buying the argument itself , that is viii Introduction to the 30th anniversary edition.
Pagina ix
30th Anniversary edition Richard Dawkins. you end up buying the argument itself , that is the explanation for the title . I hope that takes care of the more serious misunderstandings . Nev- ertheless , I do with hindsight notice lapses ...
30th Anniversary edition Richard Dawkins. you end up buying the argument itself , that is the explanation for the title . I hope that takes care of the more serious misunderstandings . Nev- ertheless , I do with hindsight notice lapses ...
Pagina xi
... argument more vivid by attributing to the genes , temporarily , intelligence and a certain freedom of choice . Imagine that a gene is considering the problem of increasing the num- ber of its replicas , and imagine that it can choose ...
... argument more vivid by attributing to the genes , temporarily , intelligence and a certain freedom of choice . Imagine that a gene is considering the problem of increasing the num- ber of its replicas , and imagine that it can choose ...
Pagina xx
... arguments , so that the read- er , by applying the logic given , can extend the arguments ( and even take on Dawkins himself ) . The arguments themselves extend in many directions . For example , if ( as Dawkins argues ) deceit is ...
... arguments , so that the read- er , by applying the logic given , can extend the arguments ( and even take on Dawkins himself ) . The arguments themselves extend in many directions . For example , if ( as Dawkins argues ) deceit is ...
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4 The gene machine | 46 |
stability and the selfish machine | 66 |
6 Genesmanship | 88 |
7 Family planning | 109 |
8 Battle of the generations | 123 |
10 You scratch my back Ill ride on yours | 166 |
the new replicators | 189 |
12 Nice guys finish first | 202 |
13 The long reach of the gene | 234 |
Endnotes | 267 |
Updated bibliography | 333 |
Index and key to bibliography | 345 |
Extracts from reviews | 353 |
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