- The Selfish Gene - Richard Dawkins Nicolas Jones-Gorlin - Books

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  • Excellent! 259 50 136 3876  

    The Selfish Gene (Paperback)
    I chose this book as part of a duty in cognitive science and I do not regret. Besides, who may not have a lot of organic knowledge, I had no trouble understanding it. With models and simple theories, Dawkins can be understood by a relatively wide aud
  • Title touting for in-depth analysis  

    The Selfish Gene (Paperback)
    Avoids fanaticism and remove all pride Concepts in genetics and game theory provide quick appreciate the book One contention of the author bothers me: it claims that culture (in its nature and mode of spread) is characteristic of the man. Moreover, t
  • Book Study  

    The Selfish Gene (Paperback)
    Paper asked by a professor FCC Science Section: life sciences and health. Useful for studies in Evolutionary Biology. This book was highly recommended.
  • Finally! 179  

    The Selfish Gene (Paperback)
    Few genetic enthusiast, I finally found this book someone who thought of me: he simply explains the facts, findings and theories based on the study of genes and Darwin's theory. The purpose is scientific, precise and pushed yet terribly well populari
  • Specialist subject accessible to all  

    The Selfish Gene (Paperback)
    Interesting evolution of Darwin's theory and that challenges many assumptions Darwinian post. The proposals put me leaves a bit skeptical, but by his mastery of the subject and through powerful arguments and concrete example Richard Dawkins convinces
  • A paradigm shift  

    The Selfish Gene (Paperback)
    The idea enunciated by Dawkins in the book constituted what Kuhn, in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, called a paradigm shift: "natural selection acts at the gene and not at the level of the individual." This simple idea has weighed heav
  • Read hindsight recent discoveries.  

    The Selfish Gene (Paperback)
    I thought this book more difficult to access easily but in fact we follow the author's reasoning is careful not to lose its drive. Certainly there sometimes lengths particularly in the chapter on aggression and when the author describes an animal's g
  • Original 174  

    The Selfish Gene (Paperback)
    How Dawkins explains the theory of evolution is very original. He defended a surprising and highly relevant perspective: these are the genes that are our "creators". This means that the human being is only a "" single shell ""
  • One of the basic books of neodarwinism  

    The Selfish Gene (Paperback)
    Even if you will not agree with all the arguments set out by the author, this book remains a reference for understanding how our genes have their own life and unconsciously (or consciously after reading :) this book), we are mortals vehicles, built b