The Selfish Gene

by Dawkins, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780192177735
• ISBN10: 0192177737
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1989-11-23
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This is a new edition of possibly the most exciting and innovative book on evolution in years. An international bestseller, Dawkins's superb reworking of the theory of natural selection has the rare distinction of having provoked as much interest outside the scientific community as within it. Fascinating, convincing, and beautiful in the simplicity with which complex ideas are expressed, The Selfish Gene is a classic. The revised, expanded edition contains two important new chapters. "Nice Guys Finish First" shows how cooperation can evolve even in a basically selfish world, and "The Long Reach of the Gene" advances the startling view that genes may reach outside the bodies in which they sit to manipulate other individuals--and even the world at large. The book concludes with completely new endnotes in which Dawkins replies to previous critics, or elaborates on points in the original text. Written in characteristically lively and accessible style, this new edition confirms Dawkins's reputation as one of the most brilliant biologists of his generation.

Author Biography

About the Author:
Richard Dawkins is Lecturer in Zoology and Fellow of New College, Oxford. His books include The Extended Phenotype and The Blind Watchmaker.

Table of Contents

Preface to 1976 edn

Preface to 1989 edn

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 Endnotes Updated bibliography Index and key to bibliography

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