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Title:
The selfish gene / Richard Dawkins.
Author:
Dawkins, Richard, 1941- author.
Publication Information:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.

©1989
Call Number:
QH437 .D38 2016B
Abstract:
The million copy international bestseller, critically acclaimed and translated into over 25 languages. 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. Forty years later, its insights remain as relevant today as on the day it was published.
Edition:
40th anniversary edition.
ISBN:
9780198788607
Series:
Oxford Landmark Science

Oxford landmark science.
Physical Description:
xxxii, 464 pages ; 20 cm.
General Note:
With a new epilogue to the 40th anniversary edition.
Contents:
Why are people? -- The replicators -- Immortal coils -- The gene machine -- Aggression : stability and the selfish machine -- Genesmanship -- Family planning -- Battle of the generations -- Battle of the sexes -- You scratch my back, I'll ride on yours -- Memes : the new replicators -- Nice guys finish first -- The long reach of the gene.
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