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.
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.
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Popular science writing on evolutionary biology was transformed by the introduction of the gene-centred view of evolution, most famously articulated in The Selfish Gene. British ethologist and evolutionary biologist Clinton Richard Dawkins brought this perspective to general audiences, shifting public discourse on genetics, natural selection, and animal behaviour.
His work synthesizes complex biological concepts into accessible prose, bridging the gap between academic research in ethology and public understanding of evolutionary mechanisms.
Born Clinton Richard Dawkins in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1941, he spent his early childhood in East Africa before his family moved back to England in 1949. He attended Balliol College, Oxford, where he earned his undergraduate degree in zoology and continued his academic pursuits in animal behaviour. Dawkins served as a fellow of New College, Oxford, and in 1995 became the first Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford, a post he held until 2008. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) and the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL).
Dawkins established his reputation in evolutionary biology with landmark publications across several decades. In 1976, he published The Selfish Gene, which popularised the gene-centred view of evolution and introduced the concept of the meme. He built upon this theoretical framework in 1982 with The Extended Phenotype, arguing that a gene's phenotypic effects can extend far into the surrounding environment and affect other organisms. In 1986, he released The Blind Watchmaker, refuting the traditional teleological watchmaker analogy by explaining how natural selection functions as an unguided process.
Throughout his books, Dawkins uses vivid metaphors, logical deduction, and scientific reasoning to demystify evolutionary processes. A major focus of his writing is the defense of scientific rationalism and candid criticism of creationism and intelligent design. In books such as The God Delusion and Spanish translations like El gen egoísta, Dawkins expanded his scope from biological mechanisms to a broader public critique of supernatural beliefs and religious doctrine.
3 books in catalog
Popular science writing on evolutionary biology was transformed by the introduction of the gene-centred view of evolution, most famously articulated in The Selfish Gene. British ethologist and evolutionary biologist Clinton Richard Dawkins brought this perspective to general audiences, shifting public discourse on genetics, natural selection, and animal behaviour.
His work synthesizes complex biological concepts into accessible prose, bridging the gap between academic research in ethology and public understanding of evolutionary mechanisms.
Born Clinton Richard Dawkins in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1941, he spent his early childhood in East Africa before his family moved back to England in 1949. He attended Balliol College, Oxford, where he earned his undergraduate degree in zoology and continued his academic pursuits in animal behaviour. Dawkins served as a fellow of New College, Oxford, and in 1995 became the first Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford, a post he held until 2008. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) and the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL).
Dawkins established his reputation in evolutionary biology with landmark publications across several decades. In 1976, he published The Selfish Gene, which popularised the gene-centred view of evolution and introduced the concept of the meme. He built upon this theoretical framework in 1982 with The Extended Phenotype, arguing that a gene's phenotypic effects can extend far into the surrounding environment and affect other organisms. In 1986, he released The Blind Watchmaker, refuting the traditional teleological watchmaker analogy by explaining how natural selection functions as an unguided process.
Throughout his books, Dawkins uses vivid metaphors, logical deduction, and scientific reasoning to demystify evolutionary processes. A major focus of his writing is the defense of scientific rationalism and candid criticism of creationism and intelligent design. In books such as The God Delusion and Spanish translations like El gen egoísta, Dawkins expanded his scope from biological mechanisms to a broader public critique of supernatural beliefs and religious doctrine.
