The Selfish Gene

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Call Number: 576.5 Da, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Science & Nature / Biology / Dawkins, Richard
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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COMMUNITY REVIEWS

A novel interpretation of darwinian evolution submitted by mbwolfe on June 12, 2015, 8:25pm In this text, written in layman's terms, Dawkins does for biology what Hawking did for physics in A Brief History in Time. He takes complex biological behavior and uses the concept of the "selfish gene" to explain everything from altruism to parasitism. A fantastic read for anyone looking to better understand the explanatory power of Darwin's revolutionary idea.

Compelling submitted by sVfGI7Glt2pz7GZgVB90 on July 16, 2020, 2:35am Having read and enjoyed Richard Dawkins The God Delusion, I decided to take a look at the book that made him well-known. It’s fascinating to see that many of the themes from The God Delusion are already addressed (if only parenthetically) such as the illusion of design – and this 30 years before Intelligent Design became “significant”.

Dawkins's rethinking of Darwinism is enlightening. I loved his debunking that animals act “for the good of the species”. I also appreciated his breaking down of the essential reproductive unit to the meme. As a conscious entity, it’s hard to accept that we are possibly puppets serving the reproductive desires of our memes, and that this very consciousness is just another trait to increase this reproductive potential, but the point of view and proofS are compelling.