The Selfish Gene
Categories: Science & Math
What if evolution is best understood not from the point of view of the animal, or the species, but of the gene? In The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins argues exactly that: living things are vehicles that genes build to copy themselves. First published in 1976, the book brought modern evolutionary thinking to a wide audience, sparked fierce debate among biologists, and opened up whole new areas of research.
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