The Extended Phenotype, 2nd Edition
The Long Reach of the Gene
$45.62
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
28 August 2016
Summary
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 o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198788911 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0198788916 |
| Author: | Richard Dawkins |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 28 August 2016 |
| Weight: | 420g |
| Dimensions: | 37mm x 144mm x 194mm |
| Series: | Oxford Landmark Science |
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Critics Review
The Extended Phenotype is a sequel to The Selfish Gene … he writes so clearly it could be understood by anyone prepared to make the effort
The Extended Phenotype is a sequel to The Selfish Gene ... he writes so clearly it could be understood by anyone prepared to make the effort' -- John Maynard Smith, LRBThis entertaining and thought-provoking book is an excellent illustration of why the study of evolution is in such an exciting ferment these days.’ – Science
Richard Dawkins
Professor Richard Dawkins is one of the most influential science writers and communicators of our generation. He was the first holder of the Charles Simonyi Chair of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford, a position he held from 1995 until 2008, and is Emeritus Fellow of New College, Oxford.
His bestselling books include:
- The Selfish Gene (1976)
- The Extended Phenotype (1982)
- The Blind Watchmaker (1986)
- River Out of Eden (1995)
- Climbing Mount Improbable (1996)
- Unweaving the Rainbow (1998)
- A Devil’s Chaplain (2004)
- The Ancestor’s Tale (2004)
- The God Delusion (2007)
He has won many literary and scientific awards, including:
- 1987 Royal Society of Literature Award
- 1990 Michael Faraday Award of the Royal Society
- 1994 Nakayama Prize for Human Science
- 1997 International Cosmos Prize
- 2009 Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest
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