by Richard Dawkins · OUP Oxford · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780198788607
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«The Selfish Gene: 40th Anniversary Edition» is Richard Dawkins's popular science essay, published by OUP Oxford in paperback (544 pages).
Dawkins presents a view of evolution centered on genes: natural selection acts on these units of information, and organisms function as vehicles for their replication. Within this framework, he reinterprets animal behavior, including altruism and selfishness, and develops the idea of memes as cultural replicators.
The 40th anniversary edition, published in 2016 and with text in English, includes a new epilogue by the author, the original prefaces and prologue, and excerpts from early reviews. It is part of the Oxford Landmark Science series.
A reference work for readers interested in evolutionary biology and popular science, both newcomers and those with scientific training.
Richard Dawkins is a British evolutionary biologist, zoologist, science communicator and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford. In 1995, he was named the first Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, a position he held until 2008, and is on the advisory board of the University of Austin. Dawkins has won several academic and writing awards, among them the 2005 Shakespeare Prize and the 2006 Lewis Thomas Prize. Presenting the latter, Paul Nurse said "In eloquent, evocative prose, Richard Dawkins conveys the certainty that, rather than diminishing the myriad beauties of the universe and extinguishing wonderment at its mysteries, science reveals truths that are yet more awe-inspiring than the mysteries they solve."
