The Selfish Gene
360 pages
|Published: 1 Jan 1976
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ISBN: 9780199291151
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 1 January 2006
Description
"The Selfish Gene" caused a wave of excitement among biologists and the general public when it was first published in 1976. Its vivid rendering of a gene's eye view of life, in lucid prose, gathered together the strands of thought about the nature of natural selection into a conceptual framework with far-reaching implications for our understanding of evolution. Time has confirmed its significance. Intellectually rigorous, yet written in non-technical language, "The Selfish Gene" is widely regarded as a masterpiece of science writing, and its insights remain as relevant today as on the day it was published.
