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 59
... predictions can be made . Polar bear genes can safely predict that the future of their unborn survival machine is going to be a cold one . They do not think of it as a prophecy , they do not think at all : they just build in a thick ...
... predictions can be made . Polar bear genes can safely predict that the future of their unborn survival machine is going to be a cold one . They do not think of it as a prophecy , they do not think at all : they just build in a thick ...
Pagina 63
... predict possible events . Survival machines which can simulate the 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 ...
... predict possible events . Survival machines which can simulate the 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 ...
Pagina 129
... prediction . Now how can a female bird predict her optimum clutch size ? What variables should influence her prediction ? It may be that many species make a fixed prediction , which does not change from year to year . Thus on average ...
... prediction . Now how can a female bird predict her optimum clutch size ? What variables should influence her prediction ? It may be that many species make a fixed prediction , which does not change from year to year . Thus on average ...
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Why are people? I | 1 |
The replicators | 13 |
Immortal coils | 22 |
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