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	The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene (Popular Science) by Richard Dawkins
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Product Details Binding Paperback Dewey Decimal Number 576.82 EAN 9780192880512 ISBN 0192880519 Manufacturer Oxford University Press, USA Number Of Items 1 Number Of Pages 336 Publication Date August 05, 1999 Publisher Oxford University Press, USA Availability Usually ships in 24 hours Product Description This is a revised edition with a new afterword by Daniel Dennett. The Extended Phenotype carries on from where The Selfish Gene takes off. It is a fascinating look at the evolution of life and natural selection. Dawkins's theory is that individual organisms are replicators that have extended phenotypic effects on society and the world at large, thus our genes have the ability to manipulate other individuals. A worldwide bestseller, this book has become a classic in popular science writing. 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, LRB This entertaining and thought-provoking book is an excellent illustration of why the study of evolution is in such an exciting ferment these days. Science This is a revised edition with a new afterword by Daniel Dennett. The Extended Phenotype carries on from where The Selfish Gene takes off. It is a fascinating look at the evolution of life and natural selection. Dawkins's theory is that individual organisms are replicators that have extended phenotypic effects on society and the world at large, thus our genes have the ability to manipulate other individuals. A worldwide bestseller, this book has become a classic in popular science writing. Richard Dawkins is the first holder of Oxford's newly endowed Charles Simonyi Professorship of Public Understanding of Science. Born in Nairobi of British parents, Richard Dawkins was educated at Oxford and did his doctorate under the Nobel-prizewinning ethologist Niko Tinbergen. From 196769 he was an Assistant Professor at the University of California at Berkeley, then he returned to Oxford as University Lecturer (later Reader) and a Fellow of New College, before taking up his present position in 1995. Richard Dawkins's bestselling books have played a significant role in the renaissance of science book publishing for a general audience. The Selfish Gene (1976; second edition 1989) was followed by The Extended Phenotype (1982), The Blind Watchmaker (1986), River Out of Eden (1995), Climbing Mount Improbable (1996), and Unweaving the Rainbow (1998). He has won many literary and scientific awards. Customers who bought this item also bought The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition--with a new Introduction by the Author The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder The God Delusion Customer Reviews for: The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene (Popular Science) Rating - Heavy-duty advanced neo-Darwinian adaptationist defence with the gene as the unit of selection The first thing I will say about The Extended Phenotype (EP) is that it is far from the first book on evolution you should read and as a stand-alone Dawkins book it is a poor choice because it is a sequel of sorts to The Selfish Gene (TSG) and there is much more going on besides. I would suggest Climbing Mount Improbable or The Blind Watchmaker first. Both of those books by Dawkins have a much broader, more generalized, look at natural selection and evolution. TSG covers the basics of the gene view as the ... Read More Rating - Hard core biology It's a tough read at times, since it is aimed at Dawkins' colleagues and biology students. But it gives you a sense that the mechanisms of inheritance and natural selection are getting to be very well understood. Oddly, the alleged subject of the book is to be found tucked away in the last chapters, the first 10 or so being Dawkins explaining stuff and telling how others are mistaken. Rating - Theory, without the distractions. TEP is primarily a technical treatise. It elaborates the implications of holding a Darwinian explanation for the diversity of life forms across and, most especially, through time. In detail, the reader is alerted to what is conceptually required for a Darwinian theory to be internally consistent, and for it then to be applicable to life as it is and as it has been. Professor Dawkins persists in using the misleadingly emotive terminology from his previous best seller, The Selfish Gene. However, ... Read More see more reviews See all books by author Richard Dawkins

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