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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... future . Who can say what carnivores crouch waiting for it be- hind what bushes , or what fleet - footed prey will dart and zig - zag across its path ? No human prophet , nor any gene . But some general predictions can be made . Polar ...
... future . Who can say what carnivores crouch waiting for it be- hind what bushes , or what fleet - footed prey will dart and zig - zag across its path ? No human prophet , nor any gene . But some general predictions can be made . Polar ...
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... future are one jump ahead of survival machines who can only learn on the basis of overt trial and error . The trouble with overt trial is that it takes time and energy . The trouble with overt error is that it is often fatal ...
... future are one jump ahead of survival machines who can only learn on the basis of overt trial and error . The trouble with overt trial is that it takes time and energy . The trouble with overt error is that it is often fatal ...
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... future female he approaches will also procrastinate in the same manner before she will get down to business . As I showed in a paper , there is a mistake in Trivers's reason- ing here . He thought that prior investment in itself ...
... future female he approaches will also procrastinate in the same manner before she will get down to business . As I showed in a paper , there is a mistake in Trivers's reason- ing here . He thought that prior investment in itself ...
Inhoudsopgave
Why are people? I | 1 |
The replicators | 13 |
Immortal coils | 22 |
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