The Selfish GeneOxford University Press, 1978 - 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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... rivals ' stability became more elaborate and more efficient . Some of them may even have ' discovered ' how to break up molecules of rival varieties chemically , and to use the building blocks so released for making their own copies ...
... rivals ' stability became more elaborate and more efficient . Some of them may even have ' discovered ' how to break up molecules of rival varieties chemically , and to use the building blocks so released for making their own copies ...
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... rivals , and I happen to meet B. It might seem sensible for me as a selfish individual to try to kill him . But wait . C is also my rival , and C is also B's rival . By killing B , I am potentially doing a good turn to C by removing one ...
... rivals , and I happen to meet B. It might seem sensible for me as a selfish individual to try to kill him . But wait . C is also my rival , and C is also B's rival . By killing B , I am potentially doing a good turn to C by removing one ...
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... rival backs down . The winner then scores 50 points for gaining the resource in dispute , but he pays a penalty of - 10 for wasting time over a long staring match , so scores 40 in all . The loser also is penalized 10 points for wasting ...
... rival backs down . The winner then scores 50 points for gaining the resource in dispute , but he pays a penalty of - 10 for wasting time over a long staring match , so scores 40 in all . The loser also is penalized 10 points for wasting ...
Inhoudsopgave
Why are people? I | 1 |
The replicators | 13 |
Immortal coils | 22 |
Copyright | |
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