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Authors: Richard Dawkins
ISBN-13: 9780199291151, ISBN-10: 0199291152
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: May 2006
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Richard Dawkins


Richard Dawkins taught zoology at the University of California at Berkeley and at Oxford University and is now the Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford, a position he has held since 1995. Among his previous books are The Ancestor’s Tale, The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, Climbing Mount Improbable, Unweaving the Rainbow, and A Devil’s Chaplain. Dawkins lives in Oxford with his wife, the actress and artist Lalla Ward.

Book Synopsis

In this revised edition of his bestselling book The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins demonstrates how cooperation can evolve even in a basically selfish world. Contains two new chapters and a wealth of remarkable new insights into the biological world.

Table of Contents

1Why are people?1
2The replicators12
3Immortal coils21
4The gene machine46
5Aggression : stability and the selfish machine66
6Genesmanship88
7Family planning109
8Battle of the generations123
9Battle of the sexes140
10You scratch my back, I'll ride on yours166
11Memes : the new replicators189
12Nice guys finish first202
13The long reach of the gene234

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