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The Selfish Gene Audio CD – Unabridged, 4 October 2011

by Richard Dawkins (Author, Reader), Lalla Ward (Reader)

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The Selfish Gene caused a wave of excitement among biologists and the general public when it was first published in 1976. Its vivid rendering of a gene’s eye view of life, in lucid prose, gathered together the strands of thought about the nature of natural selection into a conceptual framework with far-reaching implications for our understanding of evolution. Time has confirmed its significance. Intellectually rigorous, yet written in non-technical language, The Selfish Gene is widely regarded as a masterpiece of science writing and its insights remain as relevant today as on the day it was published.

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English
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Bolinda/Brilliance audio
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4 October 2011
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14.6 x 2.8 x 13.4 cm
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1455856355
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978-1455856350
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'Dawkins first book, The Selfish Gene, was a smash hit ... Best of all, Dawkins laid out this biology – some of it truly subtle – in stunningly lucid prose. (It is, in my view, the best work of popular science ever written.)' -- H. Allen Orr, Professor of Biology, University of Rochester, in The New York Review of Books

‘This book should be read, can be read, by almost everyone. It describes with great skill a new face of the theory of evolution.’ -- W. D. Hamilton, Science

‘Learned, witty, and very well written ... exhilaratingly good.’ -- Sir Peter Medawar, The Spectator

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bolinda/Brilliance audio; Unabridged edition (4 October 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1455856355
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1455856350
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 14.6 x 2.8 x 13.4 cm

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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.

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deepmoni hazarika

Simple way to understand how genes work

Reviewed in India on 26 March 2016

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written in simple language. it's suitable for anyone who is interested to understand how genes work and there is no requirement in terms of prerequisite knowledge.
different people have different level and nature of understanding how genes work. for example we generally know genes work according to evolutionary mechanism in order to make one fit for survival, but what exactly the genes make fit and what are the consequences of this procedure- is the key thing explained in this book. towards the end the book also looks into how humans are different in terms of how we fit into this evolutionary mechanism. i.e. we don't exactly work according to what genes want. why exactly is it so? this is explained quite beautifully.

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Im The DUDE

you're in the right place --- to know How EVOLUTION works ---

Reviewed in India on 5 April 2015

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richard dawkins need no introduction ,,

but i shall list out what are the things which are dealt in this ..

1) what is life & how life from a single cell turn into a complex being..
2) what is the essential thing which is responsible for perpetuating life in the earth ( surely not only reproduction but also the replicator )..
3) how DNA works and its immortality
4) how gene manipulates the body
5) why some beings are agressive (ex lion ) and some benign (deer )
6) why there is a family , affinity towards brothers & sisters , parent - sibling affection ...(all that is explained precisely)
7) why there is limited no of reproductive capabiltty (number of childrens aindividual can bear in lifetime )
8) how does male and female sexes evolve ..is there genetically inherent difference
9) why some animals are close to another and their friendship is for mutual benefit or is rooted in selfish objective ..
10) how cultuire has recent times playing a role in evolution..afterall why there is a culture ??
11) how gene manipulates not the host which it rests but also on the external world and beings ..

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Good book

Reviewed in India on 4 August 2022

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Good book

Arokiaraj

Good informative book

Reviewed in India on 17 August 2015

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Started reading. Good informative book.
But sometime I feel the writing style is quite boring.

Maxwel P. D'souza

Changes how you think

Reviewed in India on 6 January 2016

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This is one of my favorite books of all time. I have hated biology all my life. Since school I have always believed that biology is all about memorizing stuff. People like Dawkins have changed my view entirely. Its amazing to see how computer simulations help our understanding of biology. This book will make you think about evolution in a whole new way.

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