The Extended Selfish Gene
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Product details:
- Edition number 4
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 22 September 2016
- ISBN 9780198788782
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages592 pages
- Size 221x148x50 mm
- Weight 730 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 9 black and white images 0
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Short description:
As relevant and influential today as when it was first published, this classic exposition of evolutionary thought, widely hailed for its stylistic brilliance and deep scientific insights, stimulated whole new areas of research. This extended edition includes a new epilogue from the author and two key chapters from The Extended Phenotype.
MoreLong description:
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.
From the moment of its publication 40 years ago, it has been a sparkling best-seller and a scientific game-changer.
Table of Contents:
Introduction to 30th anniversary edition
Preface to 1989 2nd edition
Foreword to 1976 1st edition
Preface to 1976 1st edition
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
Epilogue to 40th anniversary edition
Endnotes
Reviews from earlier editions
Updated bibliography
Index and key to bibliography
Extracts from reviews
The Extended Phenotype opener
Genetic Determinism and Gene Selectionism
Constraints on Perfection
References
