The Selfish Gene

By Richard Dawkins

Categories: Science & Math

What if evolution is best understood not from the point of view of the animal, or the species, but of the gene? In The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins argues exactly that: living things are vehicles that genes build to copy themselves. First published in 1976, the book brought modern evolutionary thinking to a wide audience, sparked fierce debate among biologists, and opened up whole new areas of research.

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• Neil deGrasse Tyson: “I haven't read all 30... I've read The Selfish Gene, I've read The Blind Watchmaker, I've read The God Delusion”
• Brian Armstrong: “Richard Dawkin’s famous book about how our bodies are vehicles to replicate our genes (even though we occasionally defy them). It was interesting but I found I had already heard many of the ideas in this book, which (again) speaks to how influential it is.”