Richard Dawkins
2006-03-16
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.
Dawkins' masterpiece on evolutionary biology stands as a testament to rational inquiry and the primacy of self-interest in the natural world. His explication of the gene-centric view of evolution not only clarifies the mechanisms of life but also subtly echoes the Objectivist themes of self-preservation and rational self-interest. The logical rigor and the clarity with which Dawkins articulates complex biological concepts is reminiscent of the industrial precision I prize. A magisterial work that resonates with my own convictions on the sanctity of individual achievement.
