The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary edition

Dawkins, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199291144 ISBN 13: 9780199291144

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2006

The million copy international bestseller, critically acclaimed and translated into over 25 languages.

This 30th anniversary edition includes a new introduction from the author as well as the original prefaces and foreword, and extracts from early reviews. As relevant and influential today as when it was first published, The Selfish Gene has become a classic exposition of evolutionary thought.

Professor Dawkins articulates a gene's eye view of evolution - a view giving centre stage to these persistent units of information, and in which organisms can be seen as vehicles for their replication. This imaginative, powerful, and stylistically brilliant work not only brought the insights of Neo-Darwinism to a wide audience, but galvanized the biology community, generating much debate and stimulating whole new areas of research.

Review:

'Thirty years on from its first publication, this classic work in the development of evolutionary thought remains as influential as ever.' (Prospect)

Book Description:

Voted 'Author of the Year' at the Galaxy British Book Awards 2007