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Natural Selection theory
Popular Science
Oxford University Press
October 1990
368 pages
ISBN: 0192860925
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Richard Dawkins' brilliant reformulation of the theory of
natural selection has the rare distinction of having
provoked as much excitement and interest outside the
scientific community as within it. His theories have helped
change the whole nature of the study of social biology, and
have forced thousands of readers to rethink their beliefs
about life. In his internationally bestselling, now classic volume, The
Selfish Gene, Dawkins explains how the selfish gene can also
be a subtle gene. The world of the selfish gene revolves
around savage competition, ruthless exploitation, and
deceit, and yet, Dawkins argues, acts of apparent altruism
do exist in nature. Bees, for example, will commit suicide
when they sting to protect the hive, and birds will risk
their lives to warn the flock of an approaching hawk. This revised edition of Dawkins' fascinating book contains
two new chapters. One, entitled "Nice Guys Finish First,"
demonstrates how cooperation can evolve even in a basically
selfish world. The other new chapter, entitled "The Long
Reach of the Gene," which reflects the arguments presented
in Dawkins' The Extended Phenotype, clarifies the startling
view that genes may reach outside the bodies in which they
dwell and manipulate other individuals and even the world at
large. Containing a wealth of remarkable new insights into
the biological world, the second edition once again drives
home the fact that truth is stranger than fiction.
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