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 viii
... expect individual organisms to behave altruistically ' for the good of the species ' . They might limit their birth rates to avoid overpopulation , or restrain their hunting behaviour to conserve the species ' future stocks of prey . It ...
... expect individual organisms to behave altruistically ' for the good of the species ' . They might limit their birth rates to avoid overpopulation , or restrain their hunting behaviour to conserve the species ' future stocks of prey . It ...
Pagina 2
... expect that he would have qualities such as toughness , a quick trigger finger , and the ability to attract loyal friends . These would not be infallible deduc- tions , but you can make some inferences about a man's character if you ...
... expect that he would have qualities such as toughness , a quick trigger finger , and the ability to attract loyal friends . These would not be infallible deduc- tions , but you can make some inferences about a man's character if you ...
Pagina 3
... expect little help from biological nature . Let us try to teach generosity and altruism , because we are born selfish . Let us under- stand what our own selfish genes are up to , because we may then at least have the chance to upset ...
... expect little help from biological nature . Let us try to teach generosity and altruism , because we are born selfish . Let us under- stand what our own selfish genes are up to , because we may then at least have the chance to upset ...
Pagina 4
... expect that when we go and look at the behaviour of baboons , humans , and all other living creatures , we shall find it to be selfish . If we find that our expectation is wrong , if we observe that human behaviour is truly altruistic ...
... expect that when we go and look at the behaviour of baboons , humans , and all other living creatures , we shall find it to be selfish . If we find that our expectation is wrong , if we observe that human behaviour is truly altruistic ...
Pagina 10
... expect lions to refrain from killing antelopes , ' for the good of the mammals ' ? Surely they should hunt birds or reptiles instead , in order to prevent the extinction of the class . But then , what of the need to perpetuate the whole ...
... expect lions to refrain from killing antelopes , ' for the good of the mammals ' ? Surely they should hunt birds or reptiles instead , in order to prevent the extinction of the class . But then , what of the need to perpetuate the whole ...
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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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