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| selfish gene by richard dawkins: The Selfish Gene Richard Dawkins, 2006-03-16 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 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. |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: The Selfish Gene Richard Dawkins, 1989 Science need not be dull and bogged down by jargon, as Richard Dawkins proves in this entertaining look at evolution. The themes he takes up are the concepts of altruistic and selfish behaviour; the genetical definition of selfish interest; the evolution of aggressive behaviour; kinshiptheory; sex ratio theory; reciprocal altruism; deceit; and the natural selection of sex differences. 'Should be read, can be read by almost anyone. It describes with great skill a new face of the theory of evolution.' W.D. Hamilton, Science |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: The Selfish Gene Richard Dawkins, 2016-05-26 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. This 40th anniversary edition includes a new epilogue from the author discussing the continuing relevance of these ideas in evolutionary biology today, as well as the original prefaces and foreword, and extracts from early reviews. Oxford Landmark Science books are 'must-read' classics of modern science writing which have crystallized big ideas, and shaped the way we think. |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: The Society of Genes Itai Yanai, Martin Lercher, 2016-01-11 Nearly four decades ago Richard Dawkins published The Selfish Gene, famously reducing humans to “survival machines” whose sole purpose was to preserve “the selfish molecules known as genes.” How these selfish genes work together to construct the organism, however, remained a mystery. Standing atop a wealth of new research, The Society of Genes now provides a vision of how genes cooperate and compete in the struggle for life. Pioneers in the nascent field of systems biology, Itai Yanai and Martin Lercher present a compelling new framework to understand how the human genome evolved and why understanding the interactions among our genes shifts the basic paradigm of modern biology. Contrary to what Dawkins’s popular metaphor seems to imply, the genome is not made of individual genes that focus solely on their own survival. Instead, our genomes comprise a society of genes which, like human societies, is composed of members that form alliances and rivalries. In language accessible to lay readers, The Society of Genes uncovers genetic strategies of cooperation and competition at biological scales ranging from individual cells to entire species. It captures the way the genome works in cancer cells and Neanderthals, in sexual reproduction and the origin of life, always underscoring one critical point: that only by putting the interactions among genes at center stage can we appreciate the logic of life. |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: Richard Dawkins Alan Grafen, Mark Ridley, 2007 This sparkling collection explores the impact of Richard Dawkins as scientist, rationalist, and one of the most important thinkers alive today. Specially commissioned pieces by leading figures in science, philosophy, literature, and the media, such as Daniel C. Dennett, Matt Ridley, Steven Pinker, Philip Pullman, and the Bishop of Oxford, highlight the breadth and range of Dawkins' influence on modern science and culture, from the gene's eye view of evolution to his energetic engagement in public debates on science, rationalism, and religion. The volume includes personal reminiscences and critical debate as well as accessible discussions of science - it provides a stimulating tribute to a remarkable intellectual. |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: The Solitary Self Mary Midgley, 2010 Argues that simple, on-sided accounts of human motives, such as the selfish gene in neo-Darwinian thought, are always unrealistic and do not derive from Darwin's writings. |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: The Extended Phenotype Richard Dawkins, 2016 In The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins crystallized the gene's eye view of evolution developed by W.D. Hamilton and others. The book provoked widespread and heated debate. Written in part as a response, The Extended Phenotype gave a deeper clarification of the central concept of the gene as the unit of selection; but it did much more besides. In it, Dawkins extended the gene's eye view to argue that the genes that sit within an organism have an influence that reaches out beyond the visible traits in that body - the phenotype - to the wider environment, which can include other individuals. So, for instance, the genes of the beaver drive it to gather twigs to produce the substantial physical structure of a dam; and the genes of the cuckoo chick produce effects that manipulate the behaviour of the host bird, making it nurture the intruder as one of its own. This notion of the extended phenotype has proved to be highly influential in the way we understand evolution and the natural world. It represents a key scientific contribution to evolutionary biology, and it continues to play an important role in research in the life sciences. The Extended Phenotype is a conceptually deep book that forms important reading for biologists and students. But Dawkins' clear exposition is accessible to all who are prepared to put in a little effort. Oxford Landmark Science books are 'must-read' classics of modern science writing which have crystallized big ideas, and shaped the way we think. |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: The Gene's-Eye View of Evolution J. Arvid Ågren, 2021-07-21 To many evolutionary biologists, the central challenge of their discipline is to explain adaptation, the appearance of design in the living world. With the theory of evolution by natural selection, Charles Darwin elegantly showed how a purely mechanistic process can achieve this striking feature of nature. Since then, the way many biologists have thought about evolution and natural selection is as a theory about individual organisms. Over a century later, a subtle but radical shift in perspective emerged with the gene's-eye view of evolution in which natural selection was conceptualized as a struggle between genes for replication and transmission to the next generation. This viewpoint culminated with the publication of The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins (Oxford University Press, 1976) and is now commonly referred to as selfish gene thinking. The gene's-eye view has subsequently played a central role in evolutionary biology, although it continues to attract controversy. 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. The book concludes by discussing how selfish gene thinking fits into ongoing debates in evolutionary biology, and what they tell us about the future of the gene's-eye view of evolution.-- |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: An Appetite For Wonder: The Making of a Scientist Richard Dawkins, 2013-09-12 Born to parents who were enthusiastic naturalists, and linked through his wider family to a clutch of accomplished scientists, Richard Dawkins was bound to have biology in his genes. But what were the influences that shaped his life? And who inspired him to become the pioneering scientist and public thinker now famous (and infamous to some) around the world? In An Appetite for Wonder we join him on a personal journey from an enchanting childhood in colonial Africa, through the eccentricities of boarding school in England, to his studies at the University of Oxford’s dynamic Zoology Department, which sparked his radical new vision of Darwinism, The Selfish Gene. Through Dawkins’s honest self-reflection, touching reminiscences and witty anecdotes, we are finally able to understand the private influences that shaped the public man who, more than anyone else in his generation, explained our own origins. |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: How to Build a Dinosaur Jack Horner, James Gorman, 2009-03-19 A world-renowned paleontologist reveals groundbreaking science that trumps science fiction: how to grow a living dinosaur. Over a decade after Jurassic Park, Jack Horner and his colleagues in molecular biology labs are in the process of building the technology to create a real dinosaur. Based on new research in evolutionary developmental biology on how a few select cells grow to create arms, legs, eyes, and brains that function together, Jack Horner takes the science a step further in a plan to reverse evolution and reveals the awesome, even frightening, power being acquired to recreate the prehistoric past. The key is the dinosaur's genetic code that lives on in modern birds- even chickens. From cutting-edge biology labs to field digs underneath the Montana sun, How to Build a Dinosaur explains and enlightens an awesome new science. |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: Dawkins and the Selfish Gene Ed Sexton, 2001 The biologist Richard Dawkins is renowned for his theory of 'the selfish gene'. But what does this theory really say, and why do so many people object to it? |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: Genes in Conflict Austin Burt, Robert Trivers, 2006 In evolution, most genes survive and spread within populations because they increase the ability of their hosts (or their close relatives) to survive and reproduce. But some genes spread in spite of being harmful to the host organism—by distorting their own transmission to the next generation, or by changing how the host behaves toward relatives. As a consequence, different genes in a single organism can have diametrically opposed interests and adaptations.Covering all species from yeast to humans, Genes in Conflict is the first book to tell the story of selfish genetic elements, those continually appearing stretches of DNA that act narrowly to advance their own replication at the expense of the larger organism. As Austin Burt and Robert Trivers show, these selfish genes are a universal feature of life with pervasive effects, including numerous counter-adaptations. Their spread has created a whole world of socio-genetic interactions within individuals, usually completely hidden from sight.Genes in Conflict introduces the subject of selfish genetic elements in all its aspects, from molecular and genetic to behavioral and evolutionary. Burt and Trivers give us access for the first time to a crucial area of research—now developing at an explosive rate—that is cohering as a unitary whole, with its own logic and interconnected questions, a subject certain to be of enduring importance to our understanding of genetics and evolution. |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: Prisoners of Reason S. M. Amadae, 2016-01-14 Using the theory of Prisoner's Dilemma, Prisoners of Reason explores how neoliberalism departs from classic liberalism and how it rests on game theory. |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: Books do Furnish a Life Richard Dawkins, 2021-05-06 'A rich feast of his essays, reviews, forewords, squibs and conversations, in which talent and passion are married to deep knowledge.' Matt Ridley 'Enjoy the unfailing clarity of his thought and prose, as well as the grandeur of his vision of life on Earth.' - Mark Cocker, Spectator 'Richard Dawkins is a thunderously gifted science writer.' Sunday Times Including conversations with Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Steven Pinker, Matt Ridley and more, this is an essential guide to the most exciting ideas of our time and their proponents from our most brilliant science communicator. Books Do Furnish a Life is divided by theme, including celebrating nature, exploring humanity, and interrogating faith. For the first time, it brings together Richard Dawkins' forewords, afterwords and introductions to the work of some of the leading thinkers of our age - Carl Sagan, Lawrence Krauss, Jacob Bronowski, Lewis Wolpert - with a selection of his reviews to provide an electrifying celebration of science writing, both fiction and non-fiction. It is also a sparkling addition to Dawkins' own remarkable canon of work. Plenty of other scientists write well, but no one writes like Dawkins... here is Dawkins the teacher, the scholar, the polemicist, the joker, the aesthete, the poet, the satirist, the man of compassion as well as indignation, the slayer of superstition and, above all, the scientist. - Areo Magazine |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: From Gaia to Selfish Genes Connie Barlow, 1992-07-08 From Gaia to Selfish Genes is a different kind of anthology. Lively excerpts from the popular writings of leading theorists in the life sciences blend in a seamless presentation of the controversies and bold ideas driving contemporary biological research. Selections span scales from the biosphere to the cell and DNA, and disciplines from global ecology to behavior and genetics, and also reveals the links between biology and philosophy. They plunge the reader into debates about heredity and environment, competition and cooperation, randomness and determinism, and the meaning of individuality. From Gaia to Selfish Genes conveys the technical and conceptual roots of current scientific theories beginning with the planetary perspective of James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis and concluding with the reductionist views of Richard Dawkins and E. 0. Wilson. The contrasting worldviews, coupled with excerpts drawn from critics of each theory, encourage readers to examine their own presuppositions. In addition to the scientists' portrayal of the Gaia hypothesis, symbiosis in cell evolution, hierarchy theory, systems theory, game theory, sociobiology, and the selfish gene, the text is rich in autobiographical passages and biographies. By presenting the human side of research, From Gaia to Selfish Genes reveals the social context and interactions, the motivations and range of cognitive styles that comprise the scientific endeavor. Concluding essays written expressly for this book by Lynn Margulis, John Maynard Smith, W. Ford Doolittle, and others underscore the importance of such diversity. Connie Barlow is a science writer currently living in New York City. The scientists include: Robert Axelrod. Richard D. Alexander. Ludwig von Bertalanffy. Leo W. Buss. Francis Crick. Richard Dawkins. W. Ford Doolittle. Douglas Hofstadter. Julian Huxley. Leon J. Kamin. Philip Kitcher. Richard C. Lewontin. James Lovelock. Lynn Margulis. Ashley Montagu. Leslie Orgel. Steven Rose. Carmen Sapienza. John Maynard Smith. Lewis Thomas. Gerald Weinberg. E. 0. Wilson. Robert Wright. The science writers include: Lawrence Joseph. Arthur Koestler. Francesca Lyman. Jeanne McDermott. Richard Monastersky. Dorion Sagan. |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: River Out of Eden Richard Dawkins, 2008-08-04 How did the replication bomb we call ”life” begin and where in the world, or rather, in the universe, is it heading? Writing with characteristic wit and an ability to clarify complex phenomena (the New York Times described his style as ”the sort of science writing that makes the reader feel like a genius”), Richard Dawkins confronts this ancient mystery. |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: Biological Emergences Robert G. B. Reid, 2009-08-21 A critique of selectionism and the proposal of an alternate theory of emergent evolution that is causally sufficient for evolutionary biology. Natural selection is commonly interpreted as the fundamental mechanism of evolution. Questions about how selection theory can claim to be the all-sufficient explanation of evolution often go unanswered by today's neo-Darwinists, perhaps for fear that any criticism of the evolutionary paradigm will encourage creationists and proponents of intelligent design. In Biological Emergences, Robert Reid argues that natural selection is not the cause of evolution. He writes that the causes of variations, which he refers to as natural experiments, are independent of natural selection; indeed, he suggests, natural selection may get in the way of evolution. Reid proposes an alternative theory to explain how emergent novelties are generated and under what conditions they can overcome the resistance of natural selection. He suggests that what causes innovative variation causes evolution, and that these phenomena are environmental as well as organismal. After an extended critique of selectionism, Reid constructs an emergence theory of evolution, first examining the evidence in three causal arenas of emergent evolution: symbiosis/association, evolutionary physiology/behavior, and developmental evolution. Based on this evidence of causation, he proposes some working hypotheses, examining mechanisms and processes common to all three arenas, and arrives at a theoretical framework that accounts for generative mechanisms and emergent qualities. Without selectionism, Reid argues, evolutionary innovation can more easily be integrated into a general thesis. Finally, Reid proposes a biological synthesis of rapid emergent evolutionary phases and the prolonged, dynamically stable, non-evolutionary phases imposed by natural selection. |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: The Magic of Reality Richard Dawkins, 2012-09-11 The author addresses key scientific questions previously explained by rich mythologies, from the evolution of the first humans and the life cycle of stars to the principles of a rainbow and the origins of the universe. |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: The 100 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time Robert McCrum, 2018 Beginning in 1611 with the King James Bible and ending in 2014 with Elizabeth Kolbert's 'The Sixth Extinction', this extraordinary voyage through the written treasures of our culture examines universally-acclaimed classics such as Pepys' 'Diaries', Charles Darwin's 'The Origin of Species', Stephen Hawking's 'A Brief History of Time' and a whole host of additional works -- |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: Brief Candle in the Dark Richard Dawkins, 2015-09-29 In this hugely entertaining sequel to the New York Times bestselling memoir An Appetite for Wonder, Richard Dawkins delves deeply into his intellectual life spent kick-starting new conversations about science, culture, and religion and writing yet another of the most audacious and widely read books of the twentieth century—The God Delusion. Called “one of the best nonfiction writers alive today” (Stephen Pinker) and a “prize-fighter” (Nature), Richard Dawkins cheerfully, mischievously, looks back on a lifetime of tireless intellectual adventure and engagement. Exploring the halls of intellectual inquiry and stardom he encountered after the publication of his seminal work, The Selfish Gene; affectionately lampooning the world of academia, publishing, and television; and studding the pages with funny stories about the great men and women he’s known, Dawkins offers a candid look at the events and ideas that encouraged him to shift his attention to the intersection of culture, religion, and science. He also invites the reader to look more closely at the brilliant succession of ten influential books that grew naturally out of his busy life, highlighting the ideas that connect them and excavating their origins. On the publication of his tenth book, the smash hit, The God Delusion, a “resounding trumpet blast for truth” (Matt Ridley), Richard Dawkins was catapulted from mere intellectual stardom into a circle of celebrity thinkers dubbed, “The New Atheists”—including Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett. Throughout A Brief Candle in the Dark, Dawkins shares with us his infectious sense of wonder at the natural world, his enjoyment of the absurdities of human interaction, and his bracing awareness of life’s brevity: all of which have made a deep imprint on our culture. |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: Dance to the Tune of Life Denis Noble, 2017 This book formulates a relativistic theory of biology, challenging the common gene-centred view of organisms. |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: Why Evolution is True Jerry A. Coyne, 2010-01-14 For all the discussion in the media about creationism and 'Intelligent Design', virtually nothing has been said about the evidence in question - the evidence for evolution by natural selection. Yet, as this succinct and important book shows, that evidence is vast, varied, and magnificent, and drawn from many disparate fields of science. The very latest research is uncovering a stream of evidence revealing evolution in action - from the actual observation of a species splitting into two, to new fossil discoveries, to the deciphering of the evidence stored in our genome. Why Evolution is True weaves together the many threads of modern work in genetics, palaeontology, geology, molecular biology, anatomy, and development to demonstrate the 'indelible stamp' of the processes first proposed by Darwin. It is a crisp, lucid, and accessible statement that will leave no one with an open mind in any doubt about the truth of evolution. |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: Dawkins' God Alister E. McGrath, 2015-01-20 A fully updated new edition of a critically acclaimed examination of the theories and writings of Richard Dawkins by a world-renowned expert on the relation of science and religion Includes in-depth analysis of Dawkins’ landmark treatise The God Delusion (2006), as well as coverage of his later popular works The Magic of Reality (2011) and The Greatest Show on Earth (2011),and a new chapter on Dawkins as a popularizer of science Tackles Dawkins’ hostile and controversial views on religion, and examine the religious implications of his scientific ideas including a comprehensive investigation of the ‘selfish gene’ Written in an accessible and engaging style that will appeal to anyone interested in better understanding the interplay between science and religion |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: Organisms, Agency, and Evolution D. M. Walsh, 2015-11-13 This book argues that evolution arises from the activities of organisms as agents, not from the replication of genes. |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: Summary of The Selfish Gene Readtrepreneur Publishing, 2019-05-24 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 they have a natural sense of altruism as well. Many creatures have a tendency of sacrificing themselves for their loved ones' safety. (Note: This summary is wholly written and published by Readtrepreneur. It is not affiliated with the original author in any way) Any altruistic system is inherently unstable, because it is open to abuse by selfish individuals, ready to exploit it. - Richard Dawkins Richard Dawkins' title is an interesting look into the nature of living creatures. An incredibly complex topic developed perfectly so any person interested in reading it can enjoy and learn a lot from the book. Richard Dawkins reveals many things we didn't know about Charles Darwin's natural selection theory. P.S. The Selfish Gene is an extremely informative book which will teach you a lot about the most primal side of any living creature. The Time for Thinking is Over! Time for Action! Scroll Up Now and Click on the Buy now with 1-Click Button to Grab your Copy Right Away! Why Choose Us, Readtrepreneur? ● Highest Quality Summaries ● Delivers Amazing Knowledge ● Awesome Refresher ● Clear And Concise Disclaimer Once Again: This book is meant for a great companionship of the original book or to simply get the gist of the original book. |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: The Genial Gene Joan Roughgarden, 2009-04-20 Are selfishness and individuality—rather than kindness and cooperation—basic to biological nature? Does a selfish gene create universal sexual conflict? In The Genial Gene, Joan Roughgarden forcefully rejects these and other ideas that have come to dominate the study of animal evolution. Building on her brilliant and innovative book Evolution's Rainbow, in which she challenged accepted wisdom about gender identity and sexual orientation, Roughgarden upends the notion of the selfish gene and the theory of sexual selection and develops a compelling and controversial alternative theory called social selection. This scientifically rigorous, model-based challenge to an important tenet of neo-Darwinian theory emphasizes cooperation, elucidates the factors that contribute to evolutionary success in a gene pool or animal social system, and vigorously demonstrates that to identify Darwinism with selfishness and individuality misrepresents the facts of life as we now know them. |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: Dawkins Vs. Gould Kim Sterelny, 2007 Already an international bestseller, this completely revised edition updates the story of science's most bitter argument. |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: Outgrowing God Richard Dawkins, 2019-10-08 Should we believe in God? In this brisk introduction to modern atheism, one of the world’s greatest science writers tells us why we shouldn’t. Richard Dawkins was fifteen when he stopped believing in God. Deeply impressed by the beauty and complexity of living things, he’d felt certain they must have had a designer. Learning about evolution changed his mind. Now one of the world’s best and bestselling science communicators, Dawkins has given readers, young and old, the same opportunity to rethink the big questions. In twelve fiercely funny, mind-expanding chapters, Dawkins explains how the natural world arose without a designer—the improbability and beauty of the “bottom-up programming” that engineers an embryo or a flock of starlings—and challenges head-on some of the most basic assumptions made by the world’s religions: Do you believe in God? Which one? Is the Bible a “Good Book”? Is adhering to a religion necessary, or even likely, to make people good to one another? Dissecting everything from Abraham’s abuse of Isaac to the construction of a snowflake, Outgrowing God is a concise, provocative guide to thinking for yourself. Praise for Outgrowing God “My son came home from his first day in the sixth grade with arms outstretched plaintively demanding to know: ‘Have you ever heard of Jesus?’ We burst out laughing. Maybe not our finest parenting moment, given that he was genuinely distraught. He felt that he had woken up one day to a world in which his peers were expressing beliefs he found frighteningly unreasonable. He began devouring books like The God Delusion, books that helped him formulate his own arguments and helped him stand his ground. Dawkins’s new book is special in the terrain of atheists’ pleas for humanism and rationalism precisely since it speaks to those most vulnerable to the coercive tactics of religion. As Dawkins himself says in the dedication, this book is for ‘all young people when they’re old enough to decide for themselves.’ It is also, I must add, for their parents.”—Janna Levin, author of Black Hole Blues “When someone is considering atheism I tell them to read the Bible first and then Dawkins. Outgrowing God—second only to the Bible!”—Penn Jillette, author of God, No! |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: Climbing Mount Improbable Richard Dawkins, 1997-09-17 A brilliant book celebrating improbability as the engine that drives life, by the acclaimed author of The Selfish Gene and The Blind Watchmaker. The human eye is so complex and works so precisely that surely, one might believe, its current shape and function must be the product of design. How could such an intricate object have come about by chance? Tackling this subject—in writing that the New York Times called a masterpiece—Richard Dawkins builds a carefully reasoned and lovingly illustrated argument for evolutionary adaptation as the mechanism for life on earth. The metaphor of Mount Improbable represents the combination of perfection and improbability that is epitomized in the seemingly designed complexity of living things. Dawkins skillfully guides the reader on a breathtaking journey through the mountain's passes and up its many peaks to demonstrate that following the improbable path to perfection takes time. Evocative illustrations accompany Dawkins's eloquent descriptions of extraordinary adaptations such as the teeming populations of figs, the intricate silken world of spiders, and the evolution of wings on the bodies of flightless animals. And through it all runs the thread of DNA, the molecule of life, responsible for its own destiny on an unending pilgrimage through time. Climbing Mount Improbable is a book of great impact and skill, written by the most prominent Darwinian of our age. |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: The Red Queen Matt Ridley, 1994-10-06 Sex is as fascinating to scientists as it is to the rest of us. A vast pool of knowledge, therefore, has been gleaned from research into the nature of sex, from the contentious problem of why the wasteful reproductive process exists at all, to how individuals choose their mates and what traits they find attractive. This fascinating book explores those findings, and their implications for the sexual behaviour of our own species. It uses the Red Queen from ‘Alice in Wonderland’ – who has to run at full speed to stay where she is – as a metaphor for a whole range of sexual behaviours. The book was shortlisted for the 1994 Rhone-Poulenc Prize for Science Books. ‘Animals and plants evolved sex to fend off parasitic infection. Now look where it has got us. Men want BMWs, power and money in order to pair-bond with women who are blonde, youthful and narrow-waisted ... a brilliant examination of the scientific debates on the hows and whys of sex and evolution’ Independent. |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: The Music of Life Denis Noble, 2008-02-14 What is Life? Decades of research have resulted in the full mapping of the human genome - three billion pairs of code whose functions are only now being understood. The gene's eye view of life, advocated by evolutionary biology, sees living bodies as mere vehicles for the replication of the genetic codes. But for a physiologist, working with the living organism, the view is a very different one. Denis Noble is a world renowned physiologist, and sets out an alternative view to the question - one that becomes deeply significant in terms of the living, breathing organism. The genome is not life itself. Noble argues that far from genes building organisms, they should be seen as prisoners of the organism. The view of life presented in this little, modern, post-genome project reflection on the nature of life, is that of the systems biologist: to understand what life is, we must view it at a variety of different levels, all interacting with each other in a complex web. It is that emergent web, full of feedback between levels, from the gene to the wider environment, that is life. It is a kind of music. Including stories from Noble's own research experience, his work on the heartbeat, musical metaphors, and elements of linguistics and Chinese culture, this very personal and at times deeply lyrical book sets out the systems biology view of life. |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: The Dawkins Delusion? Alister McGrath, Joanna Collicutt McGrath, 2011-05-18 Alister McGrath and Joanna Collicutt McGrath present a reliable assessment of The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins, famed atheist and scientist, and the many questions this book raises--including, above all, the relevance of faith and the quest for meaning. |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: Science in the Soul Richard Dawkins, 2017 A defense of science and clear thinking [in a] career-spanning collection of essays, including twenty pieces published in the United States for the first time--Amazon.com. |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: Epigenetic Inheritance and Evolution Eva Jablonka, Marion J. Lamb, 1995 Does the inheritance of acquired characteristics play a significant role in evolution? In this book, Eva Jablonka and Marion J. Lamb attempt to answer that question with an original, provocative exploration of the nature and origin of hereditary variations. Starting with a historical account of Lamarck's ideas and the reasons they have fallen in disrepute, the authors go on to challenge the prevailing assumption that all heritable variation is random and the result of variation in DNA base sequences. They also detail recent breakthroughs in our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying inheritance--including several pathways not envisioned by classical population genetics--and argue that these advances need to be more fully incorporated into mainstream evolutionary theory. Throughout, the book offers a new look at the evidence for and against the hereditability of environmentally induced changes, and addresses timely questions about the importance of non-Mendelian inheritance. A glossary and extensive list of references round out the book. Urging a reconsideration of the present DNA-centric view prevalent in the field, Epigentic Inheritance and Evolution will make fascinating and important reading for students and researchers in evolution, genetics, ecology, molecular biology, developmental biology, and the history and philosophy of science. |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: The Blind Watchmaker Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science Richard Dawkins, Richard Dawkins, 1996-09-17 Patiently and lucidly, this Los Angeles Times Book Award and Royal Society of Literature Heinemann Prize winner identifies the aspects of the theory of evolution that people find hard to believe and removes the barriers to credibility one by one. As readable and vigorous a defense of Darwinism as has been published since 1859.--The Economist. |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: The Cooperative Gene Mark Ridley, 2001 Why isn's all life pond-scum? Why are there multimillion-celled, long-lived monsters like us, built from tens of thousands of cooperating genes? Mark Ridley presents a new explanation of how complex large life forms like ourselves came to exist, showing that the answer to the greatest mystery of evolution for modern science is not the selfish gene; it is the cooperative gene. In this thought-provoking book, Ridley breaks down how two major biological hurdles had to be overcome in order to allow living complexity to evolve: the proliferation of genes and gene-selfishness. Because complex life has more genes than simple life, the increase in gene numbers poses a particular problem for complex beings.--BOOK JACKET. |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: An Analysis of Richard Dawkins's The Selfish Gene Nicola Davis, 2017-07-06 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 argument and supporting its conclusions. In doing this, Dawkins also employs the crucial skill of interpretation: understanding what evidence means; clarifying terms; questioning definitions; giving clear definitions on which to build arguments. The strength of his reasoning and interpretative skills played a key part in the widespread acceptance of his argument for a gene-centred interpretation of natural selection and evolution – and in its history as a bestselling classic of science writing. |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: Summary: the Selfish Gene Readtrepreneur Publishing, 2018-04-14 The Selfish Gene: by Richard Dawkins | Book Summary | Readtrepreneur (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you're looking for the original book, search this link:http://amzn.to/2BOWIXJ) 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 they have a natural sense of altruism as well. Many creatures have a tendency of sacrificing themselves for their loved ones' safety. (Note: This summary is wholly written and published by readtrepreneur.com It is not affiliated with the original author in any way) Any altruistic system is inherently unstable, because it is open to abuse by selfish individuals, ready to exploit it. - Richard Dawkins Richard Dawkins' title is an interesting look into the nature of living creatures. An incredibly complex topic developed perfectly so any person interested in reading it can enjoy and learn a lot from the book. Richard Dawkins reveals many things we didn't know about Charles Darwin's natural selection theory. P.S. The Selfish Gene is an extremely informative book which will teach you a lot about the most primal side of any living creature. The Time for Thinking is Over! Time for Action! Scroll Up Now and Click on the Buy now with 1-Click Button to Get Your Copy Delivered to Your Doorstep Right Away! Why Choose Us, Readtrepreneur? Highest Quality Summaries Delivers Amazing Knowledge Awesome Refresher Clear And Concise Disclaimer Once Again: This book is meant for a great companionship of the original book or to simply get the gist of the original book. If you're looking for the original book, search for this link: http://amzn.to/2BOWIXJ |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: Quicklet on Richard Dawkins' The Selfish Gene (CliffNotes-like Book Summary & Analysis) Elspeth Michaels, 2012-07-30 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 well have been called “the Altruistic Animal,” because if you have selfish genes, which only means that natural selection works at the level of the gene; if you have selfish genes, then you may have altruistic individuals. And that’s what the book is about.” What Dawkins describes as “revolutionary,” others have construed as controversial. When The Selfish Gene was first published in 1976, it created a number of waves within the study evolutionary biology, largely dominated by Darwinian doctrine. (One could say it made a splash in the gene pool.) If Darwin’s idea of natural selection was based on the concept of “survival of the fittest,” then why does altruism exist between individuals? Why aren’t all living things selfish in a cut-throat battle for survival? Dawkins strove to explain altruism in The Selfish Gene, with the argument that altruistic behavior can be explained through the selfishness of our genes. EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK If it runs away, chase it! If it comes at you, fight back.) In a relationship such as prey versus predator, Dawkins explains possible strategies. A retaliator doesn’t attack aggressively, but will act in a threatening manner. If the opponent attacks first, the retaliator will, as you guessed, retaliate. Retaliators behave based upon their opponent’s behavior, making them conditional strategists. In addition to retaliators, there are two other kinds of conditional strategies: bullies and prober-retaliators. A bully attacks until an opponent strikes back, in which case, the bully immediately retreats. Prober-retaliators are essentially retaliators, but can initiate an attack like a bully, and if the opponent fights back, will defend itself. In these strategies, the retaliator is an ESS, the prober-retaliator is nearly stable, and the bully is not stable. Chapter 6: Genemanship The key point of this chapter is that genes might be able to assist replicas of itself that are sitting in other bodies. If so, this would appear as individual altruism but it would be brought about by gene selfishness. (88) In the previous chapter, Dawkins explained aggression through individual, independent selfish machines. However, individuals have relatives, in the form of siblings, cousins, parents, etc., all of whom share many of the same genes. Each selfish gene then, has its loyalties divided among different individuals; the selfish gene is every replica of itself. Dawkins explains how a gene selected for kin-altruism, could survive in the gene pool. A gene that suicidally saves five cousins would not be numerous in a population of individuals, however, if it saved five brothers or ten first cousins would. The minimum requirement for a suicidal altruistic gene to be a successful one in the gene pool would have to “save more than two siblings/children/parents, more than four half-siblings/uncles/aunts/nephews/nieces/grandparents/grandchildren, or more than eight first cousins, etc.” |
| selfish gene by richard dawkins: The Ant and the Peacock Helena Cronin, 1991 This book is a success story. It explains two long-running puzzles of the theory of natural selection. How can natural selection favour those, like the ant, that renounce tooth and claw in favour of the public-spirited ways of the commune? How can it explain the peacock's tail, flamboyant and a burden to its bearer; surely selection would act against useless ornamentation? Helena Cronin's enthralling account blends history, science and philosophy in a gripping tale that is scholarly, entertaining and eminently readable. The hardback edition was selected by Nature as one of the best scientific books in 1992. Also the New York Times chose it as one of their best books of 1992. The author divides her time between the Philosophy Department at the London School of Economics and the Zoology Department at Oxford. |
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Dawkins shows that the selfish gene is also the subtle gene. And he holds out the hope that our species-alone on earth-has the power to rebel against the designs of the selfish gene. This book is a call to arms. It is both manual and manifesto, and it grips like a thriller. The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins's brilliant first book and still his most
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Dawkins shows that the selfish gene is also the subtle gene. And he holds out the hope that our species-alone on earth-has the power to rebel against the designs of the selfish gene. This book is a call to arms. It is both manual and manifesto, and it grips like a thriller. The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins's brilliant first book and still his most
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Dawkins shows that the selfish gene is also the subtle gene. And he holds out the hope that our species-alone on earth-has the power to rebel against the designs of the selfish gene. This book is a call to arms. It is both manual and manifesto, and it grips like a thriller. The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins's brilliant first book and still his most
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THE SELFISH GENE Richard Dawkins is Charles Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. Born in Nairobi of British parents, he was educated at Oxford and did his doctorate under the Nobel-prizewinning ethologist Niko Tin-bergen. From 1967 to 1969 he was an Assistant Professor at the
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Home > The Selfish Gene Theory and Altruism The Selfish Gene Theory and Altruism Heather Brennan41.5K reads Richard Dawkins first published The Selfish Gene in 1976. It was met with controversy and become one of the most talked about concepts in …
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THE SELFISH GENE Richard Dawkins is Charles Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. Born in Nairobi of British parents, he was educated at Oxford and did his doctorate under the Nobel-prizewinning ethologist Niko Tin-bergen. From 1967 to 1969 he was an Assistant Professor at the
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able terms if we wanted to, we can ask the question, what is a single selfish gene trying to do?”—Richard Dawkins The Selfish Gene [8] p. 88 In 1980, two high profile papers published back-to-back in Nature by Leslie Orgel and Francis Crick, and Ford Doolittle and Carmen Sapienza respectively, brought the study of self-
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The Selfish Gene reassesses Richard Dawkins’s pivotal reframing of evolution, 40 years on. Richard Dawkins in 1976, around the time he published his first best-selling book.
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THE SELFISH GENE RICHARD DAWKINS. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford is a
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The Selfish Gene BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF RICHARD DAWKINS Richard Dawkins is a British evolutionary biologist and ethologist, meaning he primarily studies animal behavior. Dawkins was born on March 26, 1941 in Nairobi, which was part of the colony of British Kenya at the time. As a child, Dawkins believed in God because he thought such a complex
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THE SELFISH GENE Richard Dawkins is Charles Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. Born in Nairobi of British parents, he was educated at Oxford and did his doctorate under the Nobel-prize winning ethologist Niko Tinbergen. From 1967 to 1969 he was an Assistant Professor at
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THE SELFISH GENE Richard Dawkins is Charles Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. Born in Nairobi of British parents, he was educated at Oxford and did his doctorate under the Nobel-prizewinning ethologist Niko Tin-bergen. From 1967 to 1969 he was an Assistant Professor at the
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Dawkins uses a geometric illusion (the Necker Cube) to illustrate his point. (The Extended Phenotype was an even stronger statement of the selfish gene idea since it argued that “the phenotypic effects of a gene...may extend far outside the body in which the gene sits” (Dawkins, 1982, p. vi) Even
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The term “meme” comes from the evolutionary biology of Richard Dawkins’ early work The Selfish Gene, in which he derives the term from the Greek root denoting imitation and uses it to describe a non-biological mode of evolution. In doing so, Dawkins shows a surprising resistance
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In his popular but controversial book The Selfish Gene(1976), the zool-ogist Richard Dawkins provides part of the answer. It is not the first time that literary critics are invited to ponder biological phenomena. Edmund Wilson in Patriotic Gore (1962) provides a …
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The Selfish Gene BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF RICHARD DAWKINS Richard Dawkins is a British evolutionary biologist and ethologist, meaning he primarily studies animal behavior. Dawkins was born on March 26, 1941 in Nairobi, which was part of the colony of British Kenya at the time. As a child, Dawkins believed in God because he thought such a complex
Selfish genetic elements and the gene’s-eye view of evolution
Richard Dawkins’ (1976) The Selfish Gene, the gene’s-eye view, or selfish gene theory, can be defined as the idea that the gene is the ul-timate beneficiary of selection. Whereas organisms and their pheno-types are unique occurrences, each a product of the genome and its
Richard Dawkins: How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think
probably know Dawkins for his first book, The Selfish Gene. In his introduction for the 30th anniversary edition of The Selfish Gene, Dawkins (2006b) grumbles that over the years, as he has toured to promote his subsequent books, Ò[a]udiences respond to the new book, whichever one it is, applaud politely, and ask intelligent questions.
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Richard Dawkins. The Selfish Gene is the result of Dawkins' discovery of vulgar Darwin ism. "We are survival machines-robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as ...
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interpret your statement as though you were using my definition of selfish-ness; by my definition your concept of the selfish gene is nonsense, there-fore it is nonsense'. This is, in effect, what Midgley has done: 'Genes cannot be selfish or unselfish, any more than atoms can be jealous, elephants abstract or biscuits teleological' (p. 439).
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“We are survival machines – robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes” (The Selfish Gene) While Dawkins does not deal with the concept of the soul he looks instead at the idea of consciousness. If, as he claims, we are nothing but carriers for DNA, how is the sense of self, of
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SINCE THE PUBLICATION OF THE SELFISH GENE (1976), Richard Dawkins has established himself as one of the most successful and skillful scientific popularizers. Along with his American colleague Stephen Jay Gould, he has managed to make evolutionary biology accessible and interesting to a new generation of readers. I and
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Dawkins menyebut bukunya dengan The Selfish Gene, meskipun “Replikator yang hidup terus, yang tampak berbuat secara egois disebabkan operasi seleksi alam, tetapi pada kenyataannya tidak punya kesadaran ke masa depan apa pun”, 69 Ibid., h. 82. 70 Ed Sexton, Dawkins dan The Selfish Gene, (Yogyakarta: Penerbit Jendela, 2003), h. 8.
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ichard Dawkins has carved himself a very unusual niche in science. His books are intelligible and appealing to a popular audience but are also alive with ideas of interest to working scientists. The 30th anniversary of The Selfish Gene (1) is an apt occasion for Richard Dawkins: How a Scientist Chang-ed the Way We Think, a celebra-tory volume ...
Religion and Scientific Reason: Dawkins, Locke and Pascal
After noting Richard Dawkins’ views on and misinterpretation of religion (at least of Christian religion), two figures are examined who have been influential in Western thought. ... Faith, he says in The Selfish Gene, ‘means blind trust, in the absence of evidence, even in the teeth of evidence’ (p. 198). ‘It is a state of mind that
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The Selfish Gene. By RICHAR D DAWKINS Ne. w Revised Edition. Oxford University Press. 1989. 352 pages. Cloth £17.50, Paper £5.95. ISBN 0 19 217773, ... reside in Richard Dawkins and other members of H. sapiens. Dawkins writes: The predominant quality to …
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I read Richard Dawkins’ first book, The Selfish Gene, which had appeared the previous year. It was a fascinating book, brimming with ideas, and showing a superb ability to put difficult concepts into words. I devoured it, and longed to read more from him. Yet I was puzzled by what I considered to be his surprisingly superficial
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secara ketat berdasarkan Alkitab. Dawkins secara tegas dan terbuka menentang eksistensi Tuhan melalui dua karyanya The Selfish Gene dan The God Delusion. Argumentasi yang diajukan oleh Dawkins berdasar pada teori Evolusi. Demikian penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengevaluasi bahwa argumentasi Richard Dawkins mengenai asal-usul alam semesta,
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Dawkins' God: From The Selfish Gene to The God Delusion, 2nd Edition Alister E. McGrath E-Book 978-1-118-96479-8 November 2014 $26.00 Paperback 978-1-118-96478-1 January 2015 Print-on-demand $31.95 DESCRIPTION A fully updated new edition of a critically acclaimed examination of the theories and writings of Richard Dawkins by a world-renowned
Forty years of The Selfish Gene are not enough
Forty years of The Selfish Gene are not enough Itai Yanai1* and Martin J. Lercher2 There is no book quite like Richard Dawkins’ The Selfish Gene. Forty years after its first publication, the book is still in Amazon’s top 10 for both the Genetics and Evolu-tion categories, with over a million copies sold and more than 25 translated versions.
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Indeed, as Dawkins argued in The Extended Phenotype, the selfish-gene stance in many ways offers a more perspicuous and less distorting lens with which to view natural selection than the logically equivalent alternative in which natural selection is seen as maximizing the inclusive fitness of individuals. Dawkins’
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SELFISH GENE RICHARD DAWKINS OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS . THE GENE MACHINE Survival machines began as passive receptacles for the genes, providing little more than walls to protect them from the chemical warfare of their rivals and the ravages of accidental molecular bombardment. In the early days they 'fed' on organic molecules
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12 of command is the metaphor of the selfish gene. The concept, brilliantly elaborated by Richard Dawkins 13 in his famous 1976 book, was opportunely published first at the onset of the recombinant DNA era [19]. 14 The main claim of the title is that the sole agenda of genes (specifically, DNA sequences) is to attend to
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In Defence of Selfish Genes RICHARD DAWKINS I have been taken aback by the inexplicable hostility of Mary Midgley's ... ness; by my definition your concept of the selfish gene is nonsense, there- fore it is nonsense'. This is, in effect, what Midgley has done: 'Genes
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able terms if we wanted to, we can ask the question, what is a single selfish gene trying to do?”—Richard Dawkins The Selfish Gene [8] p. 88 In 1980, two high profile papers published back-to-back in Nature by Leslie Orgel and Francis Crick, and Ford Doolittle and Carmen Sapienza respectively, brought the study of self-
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Selfish Genes and Lucky Breaks: Richard Dawkins' and Stephen Jay Gould's Divergent Darwinian Research Agendas Timothy Shanahan Loyola Marymount University, timothy.shanahan@lmu.edu ... Richard Dawkins (b. 1941) and Stephen Jay Gould (1941–2002) are among the. 30.
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Richard Dawkins The Selfish Meme "The Selfish Gene" created a huge splash when it was published 35 years ago. It explained how species succeed under Darwinian evolution. But it doesn't apply to modern man! We are dying out. You can attribute it to "The Unselfish Gene" or more aptly "The Selfish Phenotype." Richard Dawkins theorizes that ...
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George Williams’ Adaptation and Natural Selection (1966) and Richard Dawkins’ The Selfish Gene (1976) were instrumental in introducing the gene’s-eye view to evolutionary biology. https ...
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the selfish gene Richard Dawkins was Charles Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University from 1995 to 2008. Born in Nairobi of British parents, he was educated at Oxford and did his doctorate under the Nobel Prize-winning ethologist Niko Tinbergen. From 1967 to 1969 he was an Assistant
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Dawkins menyebut bukunya dengan The Selfish Gene, meskipun “Replikator yang hidup terus, yang tampak berbuat secara egois disebabkan operasi seleksi alam, tetapi pada kenyataannya tidak punya kesadaran ke masa depan apa pun”, 69 Ibid., h. 82. 70 Ed Sexton, Dawkins dan The Selfish Gene, (Yogyakarta: Penerbit Jendela, 2003), h. 8.
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The Selfish Gene. By RICHAR D DAWKINS Ne. w Revised Edition. Oxford University Press. 1989. 352 pages. Cloth £17.50, Paper £5.95. ISBN 0 19 217773, ... reside in Richard Dawkins and other members of H. sapiens. Dawkins writes: The predominant quality to …
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The Selfish Gene Richard Dawkins,2006-03-16 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 ...
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Richard Dawkins SEBIČNI GEN TREĆE IZDANJE (U POVODU TRIDESETE OBLJETNICE) Preveo Petar Kružić. Naslov orginala: Richard Dawkins THE SELFISH GENE Published in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc., New York ... kako ja ovdje navodim, odabire gene? U tom slučaju ne bi nas trebalo iznenaditi da se jedinke nesebično ponašaju "za
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Selfish Gene, The Spencer Mermelstein ... Gene’s-Eye View Memes Richard Dawkins The Extended Phenotype References Dawkins, R. (1976). The selfish gene. New York: Oxford University Press.
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selfish gene RICHARD DAWKINS 1. 1 Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, ox2 6dp, United Kingdom Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford is a registered trade mark of
The Replicator in Retrospect - Peter Godfrey-Smith
In The Selfish Gene (1976), Richard Dawkins had argued that individual genes must be seen as the units of selection in evolutionary processes within sexual populations. This is primarily because the other possible candidates, notably whole organisms and groups, do not "replicate." Organisms and groups are ephemeral, like clouds in the sky or ...
