Oxford Landmark Science The Selfish Gene, (Paperback)

from lewallen

The book that popularized the 'selfish gene' movement in biology, which is the idea that all behavior can be explained in terms of genes replicating themselves in the most effective possible manner. The argument is convincingly demonstrated with many examples and excellent reasoning, and for the ...

from lewallen

The book that popularized the 'selfish gene' movement in biology, which is the idea that all behavior can be explained in terms of genes replicating themselves in the most effective possible manner. The argument is convincingly demonstrated with many examples and excellent reasoning, and for the ...

from Gazgnu

This is the book that kickstarted it all for me. I had the wrong attitude to truth before I read this. Dawkins acheived so much in this work. A new (and logical and true) perspective on our evolutionary origins was presented (mainly using the work of William Hamilton, I think, to put group select...

from princemuchao

This classic science text personifies the gene in order to look at evolution/natural selection in a new way. Game theory and its effects on natural selection play a key role, and Dawkins' biological examples throughout are interesting and informative - did you know that male bees do not have fath...

from P_S_Patrick

I finally got round to reading this book, around a year after having gone through quite a number of his other scientific books which were on the university library (This one was always out, and several copies had been lost). I found this book a good read, but on the whole learned nothing particul...