The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary editionThe 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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There exists no objective basis on which to elevate one species above another.
Chimp and human, lizard and fungus, we have all evolved over some three
billion years by a process known as natural selection. Within each species some
...
There exists no objective basis on which to elevate one species above another.
Chimp and human, lizard and fungus, we have all evolved over some three
billion years by a process known as natural selection. Within each species some
...
Pagina 7
This explanation is based on the misconception that I have already mentioned,
that living creatures evolve to do things 'for the good of the species' or 'for the
good of the group'. It is easy to see how this idea got its start in biology. Much of
an ...
This explanation is based on the misconception that I have already mentioned,
that living creatures evolve to do things 'for the good of the species' or 'for the
good of the group'. It is easy to see how this idea got its start in biology. Much of
an ...
Pagina 9
The 'expert' on the programme observed that the vast majority of baby spiders
end up as prey for other species, and she then went on to say: 'Perhaps this is the
real purpose of their existence, as only a few need to survive in order for the ...
The 'expert' on the programme observed that the vast majority of baby spiders
end up as prey for other species, and she then went on to say: 'Perhaps this is the
real purpose of their existence, as only a few need to survive in order for the ...
Pagina 10
The feeling that members of one's own species deserve special moral
consideration as compared with members of other species is old and deep.
Killing people outside war is the most seriously- regarded crime ordinarily
committed. The only ...
The feeling that members of one's own species deserve special moral
consideration as compared with members of other species is old and deep.
Killing people outside war is the most seriously- regarded crime ordinarily
committed. The only ...
Pagina 21
The total number of survival machines on earth is very difficult to count and even
the total number of species is unknown. Taking just insects alone, the number of
living species has been estimated at around three million, and the number of ...
The total number of survival machines on earth is very difficult to count and even
the total number of species is unknown. Taking just insects alone, the number of
living species has been estimated at around three million, and the number of ...
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Review: The Selfish Gene
Gebruikersrecensie - John Refaat - GoodreadsAn excellent and extremely important read. Volledige review lezen
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Inhoudsopgave
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| 12 | |
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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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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary edition |
| Auteur | Richard Dawkins |
| Uitgever | OUP Oxford, 2006 |
| ISBN | 0191537551, 9780191537554 |
| Lengte | 384 pagina's |
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