[PDF] The Selfish Gene

• Author : Richard Dawkins,Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science Richard Dawkins,David Dawkins,RICHARD AUTOR DAWKINS
• Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
• Release Date : 1989
• ISBN : 0192860925

An ethologist shows man to be a gene machine whose world is one of savage competition and deceit

• Author : Richard Dawkins
• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• Release Date : 2016-06-08
• ISBN : 9780198788607

With a new epilogue to the 40th anniversary edition.

• Author : Richard Dawkins
• Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
• Release Date : 2016-08-31
• ISBN : 0198788789

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

• Author : Richard Dawkins
• Publisher : OUP Oxford
• Release Date : 2006-03-16
• ISBN : 0191537551

The million copy international bestseller, critically acclaimed and translated into over 25 languages. This 30th anniversary edition includes a new introduction from the author as well as the original prefaces and foreword, and extracts from early reviews. As relevant and 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

• Author : Shortcut Edition
• Publisher : Shortcut Edition
• Release Date : 2021-06-17
• ISBN : 0987654321XXX

* Our summary is short, simple and pragmatic. It allows you to have the essential ideas of a big book in less than 30 minutes. As you read this summary, you will discover that in nature, altruism does not exist. All living species are genetically selfish. You will also discover : that your genes have created you for their own survival; that your children will be naturally selfish, but that you have the means to change that through culture; that in terms of

• Author : Nicola Davis
• Publisher : CRC Press
• Release Date : 2017-07-14
• ISBN : 9781351351621

Richard Dawkins provides excellent examples of his reasoning and interpretation skills in The Selfish Gene. His 1976 book is not a work of original research, but instead a careful explanation of evolution, combined with an argument for a particular interpretation of several aspects of evolution. Since Dawkins is building on other researchers' work and writing for a general audience, the central elements of good reasoning are vital to his book: producing a clear argument and presenting a persuasive case; organising an

• Author : Elspeth Michaels
• Publisher : Hyperink Inc
• Release Date : 2012-07-30
• ISBN : 9781614646280

ABOUT THE BOOK In a 2006 interview with Meet the Author, the year when The Selfish Gene celebrated its 30th anniversary, Richard Dawkins had this to say: “...If I had to write it again, I wouldn’t write it very differently. It has been described as a revolutionary book, in one respect it is. But it’s only a revolutionary way in looking at orthodox Darwinian natural selection. It helps to look at it in this revolutionary way. It could equally

• Author : Alexander Cooper
• Publisher : BookSummaryGr
• Release Date : 2021-10-09
• ISBN : 9791220878395

Summary of The Selfish Gene In his book, The Selfish Gene, Dawkins argues for the gene as the basic unit of evolution. He claims that organisms are “survival shells” for the “replicators” within us. Replicators, the units that evolve, are genes. They are inherently selfish in that they only care about their own survival and the survival of their copies. As a result, no true altruism exists. Anytime an organism helps another, both sets of genes are benefiting. Dawkins expands

• Author : Alexander Cooper
• Publisher : BookSummaryGr
• Release Date : 2021-07-31
• ISBN : 9791220831260

Summary of The Selfish Genes Has The Egocentric Gene by Richard Dawkins been waiting for you on your study list? Choose the important thing ideas inside the e book with this brief summary. Over 3.5 billion years ago, in a primordial soup of molecules, the primary, most effective form of life on the planet came to be: a molecule able to reproduce itself, a replicator. Molecular replicators are made from lengthy chains of smaller building-block molecules in the same manner that

• Author : Mary Midgley
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release Date : 2014-12-05
• ISBN : 9781317488231

Renowned philosopher Mary Midgley explores the nature of our moral constitution to challenge the view that reduces human motivation to self-interest. Midgley argues cogently and convincingly that simple, one-sided accounts of human motives, such as the 'selfish gene' tendency in recent neo-Darwinian thought, may be illuminating but are always unrealistic. Such neatness, she shows, cannot be imposed on human psychology. She returns to Darwin's original writings to show how the reductive individualism which is now presented as Darwinism does not

• Author : Instaread
• Publisher : Instaread
• Release Date : 2017-04-19
• ISBN : 9781683787174

PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Richard Dawkins’s The Selfish Gene and NOT the original book. Preview: The Selfish Gene (1976) by Richard Dawkins outlines theories and research in the field of evolutionary biology to explain the importance of the gene as the most significant unit of analysis in natural selection. The common understanding of natural selection is that altruistic behavior has evolutionary advantages because on average, it benefits the species as a whole… Inside this companion to the

• Author : J. Arvid Ågren
• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• Release Date : 2021-07-21
• ISBN : 9780198862260

The central aim of this accessible book is to show how the gene's-eye view differs from the traditional organismal account of evolution, trace its historical origins, clarify typical misunderstandings and, by using examples from contemporary experimental work, show why so many evolutionary biologists still consider it an indispensable heuristic.

• Author : Ed Sexton
• Publisher : Totem Books
• Release Date : 2001
• ISBN : NWU:35556034005165

The 'selfish gene' is one of the most controversial subjects in modern genetics, and one with a major bearing on the nature vs. nurture debate - the chief subject of the so-called 'Darwin wars'.

• Author : Readtrepreneur Publishing
• Publisher : Readtrepreneur Publishing
• Release Date : 2019-05-24
• ISBN : 1690405589

The Selfish Gene: by Richard Dawkins - Book Summary - Readtrepreneur (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book, but an unofficial summary.) An entirely different approach to one of the most controversial theories in the world. The Selfish Gene is a reformulation of the theory of natural selection developed by Charles Darwin. This classic is focused on the nature of altruism and selfishness that creatures have. Despite that any living creature is focused on his well-being, the study reveals that

• Author : Nicola Davis
• Publisher : CRC Press
• Release Date : 2017-07-14
• ISBN : 9781351353410

Richard Dawkins provides excellent examples of his reasoning and interpretation skills in The Selfish Gene. His 1976 book is not a work of original research, but instead a careful explanation of evolution, combined with an argument for a particular interpretation of several aspects of evolution. Since Dawkins is building on other researchers’ work and writing for a general audience, the central elements of good reasoning are vital to his book: producing a clear argument and presenting a persuasive case; organising an