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The Extended Selfish Gene (Hardcover, 4th Revised edition)
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The Extended Selfish Gene (Hardcover, 4th Revised edition)
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The Selfish Gene is a classic exposition of evolutionary thought.
In it 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 the
replication of genes. The book provoked widespread and heated
debate, which in part led Dawkins to write The Extended Phenotype,
in which he gave a deeper clarification of the central concept of
the gene as the unit of selection, as well as contributing his own
development of this insight. For the first time, The Extended
Selfish Gene brings these two books together, by including two key
chapters from The Extended Phenotype. These chapters provide
Dawkins's detailed and powerful response to two issues raised by
critics of The Selfish Gene: the accusations of genetic determinism
(the idea that our behaviour is entirely determined by our genes),
and of "adaptationism " (that all traits are indiscriminately
perceived to be adaptations resulting from natural selection).
While written in particular for the biology community, Dawkins's
clarity of expression allows these chapters to be accessible to all
who are seriously engaged with the gene's eye view and its
implications. The imaginative, powerful, and stylistically
brilliant Selfish Gene 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 significant
as on the day it was published. Along with the two extra chapters,
The Extended Selfish Gene includes a new epilogue to The Selfish
Gene from the author which highlights the relevance of the gene's
eye view to evolutionary biology today.
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