The Selfish GeneOxford University Press, 1976 - 224 pagina's As 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 81
... cost of wasting time should presumably be regarded as small in comparison with the cost of being injured and the benefit of winning . For a small bird in a cold climate , on the other hand , the cost of wasting time may be paramount . A ...
... cost of wasting time should presumably be regarded as small in comparison with the cost of being injured and the benefit of winning . For a small bird in a cold climate , on the other hand , the cost of wasting time may be paramount . A ...
Pagina 133
... cost of A's ability to invest in other individuals including herself , all costs being weighted by the appropriate relatedness . Thus a parent's investment in any one child should ideally be measured in terms of detriment to life ...
... cost of A's ability to invest in other individuals including herself , all costs being weighted by the appropriate relatedness . Thus a parent's investment in any one child should ideally be measured in terms of detriment to life ...
Pagina 198
... costs . To be sure , the cost of grooming another individual's head seems small compared with the benefit of having a dangerous parasite removed , but it is not negligible . Some valuable energy and time has to be spent . Let the ...
... costs . To be sure , the cost of grooming another individual's head seems small compared with the benefit of having a dangerous parasite removed , but it is not negligible . Some valuable energy and time has to be spent . Let the ...
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Why are people? I | 1 |
The replicators | 13 |
Immortal coils | 22 |
Copyright | |
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