Oxford Landmark Science
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Science need not be dull and bogged down by jargon, as Richard Dawkins proves in this entertaining look at evolution. The themes he takes up are the concepts of altruistic and selfish behaviour; the genetical definition of selfish interest; the evolution of aggressive behaviour; kinship theory; sex ratio theory; reciprocal altruism; deceit; and the natural selection of sex differences. Readership: general; students of biology, zoology, animal behaviour, psychology.
By the best selling author of The Selfish Gene
'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
'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, London Review of Books
'Dawkins is quite incapable of being boring this characteristically brilliant and stimulating book is original and provocative throughout, and immensely enjoyable.'
G. A. Parker, Heredity
'The extended phenotype is certainly a big idea and it is pressed hard in dramatic language.'
Sydney Brenner, Nature
'Richard Dawkins, our most radical Darwinian thinker, is also our best science writer.'
Douglas Adams
'Dawkins is a superb communicator. His books are some of the best books ever written on science.'
Megan Tressider, Guardian
'Dawkins is a genius of science popularization.'
Mark Ridley, The Times
'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
'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, London Review of Books
'Dawkins is quite incapable of being boring this characteristically brilliant and stimulating book is original and provocative throughout, and immensely enjoyable.'
G. A. Parker, Heredity
'The extended phenotype is certainly a big idea and it is pressed hard in dramatic language.'
Sydney Brenner, Nature
'Richard Dawkins, our most radical Darwinian thinker, is also our best science writer.'
Douglas Adams
'Dawkins is a superb communicator. His books are some of the best books ever written on science.'
Megan Tressider, Guardian
'Dawkins is a genius of science popularization.'
Mark Ridley, The Times