Richard Dawkins' brilliant reformulation of the theory of natural selection has the rare distinction of having provoked as much excitement and interest outside the scientific community as within it. His theories have helped change the whole nature of the study of social biology, and have forced thousands of readers to rethink their beliefs about life.
Richard Dawkins' brilliant reformulation of the theory of natural selection has the rare distinction of having provoked as much excitement and interest outside the scientific community as within it. His theories have helped change the whole nature of the study of social biology, and have forced thousands of readers to rethink their beliefs about life.
In his internationally bestselling, now classic volume, The Selfish Gene , Dawkins explains how the selfish gene can also be a subtle gene. The world of the selfish gene revolves around savage competition, ruthless exploitation, and deceit, and yet, Dawkins argues, acts of apparent altruism do exist in nature. Bees, for example, will commit suicide when they sting to protect the hive, and birds will risk their lives to warn the flock of an approaching hawk.
This 30th anniversary edition of Dawkins' fascinating book retains all original material, including the two enlightening chapters added in the second edition. In a new Introduction the author presents his thoughts thirty years after the publication of his first and most famous book, while the inclusion of the two-page original Foreword by brilliant American scientist Robert Trivers shows the enthusiastic reaction of the scientific community at that time. This edition is a celebration of a remarkable exposition of evolutionary thought, a work that has been widely hailed for its stylistic brilliance and deep scientific insights, and that continues to stimulate whole new areas of research today.
Richard Dawkins, Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science and Fellow of New College, Oxford.
目录
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Introduction to 3rd edn
Preface to 1989 2nd edn
Foreword to 1976 1st edn
Preface to 1976 1st edn
1: Why are people?
2: The replicators
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Introduction to 3rd edn
Preface to 1989 2nd edn
Foreword to 1976 1st edn
Preface to 1976 1st edn
1: Why are people?
2: The replicators
3: Immortal coils
4: The gene machine
5: Aggression: stability and the selfish machine
6: Genesmanship
7: Family planning
8: Battle of the generations
9: Battle of the sexes
10: You scratch my back, I'll ride on yours
11: Memes: the new replicators
12: Nice guys finish first
13: The long reach of the gene
Endnotes
Reviews from earlier editions
Updated bibliography
Index and key to bibliography
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We are built as gene machines and cultured as meme machines, but we have the power to turn against our creators. We, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny of the selfish replicators. 唯独拥有meme ...We are built as gene machines and cultured as meme machines, but we have the power to turn against our creators. We, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny of the selfish replicators. 唯独拥有meme 的人类是多么伟大的creature，同时又是那样的孤独。(展开)
Gene, the immortal replicator, is the unit for evolution. meme的那部分论述有点乱来了。ESS那段，在上完Game Theory的课后特别有亲切感。可能太多年了吧，已经不觉得里面的观点震撼了，可见它的影响力和改造力。ps.英国人就是自负得很。
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0 有用 hedgehog 2012-07-13 04:03:59
原来prisoners' dilemma这里也有提到，还有nice people finish first的说法
3 有用 to_oz 2013-06-18 09:39:59
We are built as gene machines and cultured as meme machines, but we have the power to turn against our creators. We, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny of the selfish replicators. 唯独拥有meme ... We are built as gene machines and cultured as meme machines, but we have the power to turn against our creators. We, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny of the selfish replicators. 唯独拥有meme 的人类是多么伟大的creature，同时又是那样的孤独。 (展开)
0 有用 苏芒 2013-08-16 23:14:33
Gene, the immortal replicator, is the unit for evolution. meme的那部分论述有点乱来了。ESS那段，在上完Game Theory的课后特别有亲切感。可能太多年了吧，已经不觉得里面的观点震撼了，可见它的影响力和改造力。ps.英国人就是自负得很。
12 有用 Ying 2013-11-28 16:27:58
看了这本书才知道我不过只是基因们的一个生存机器、一个拷贝，我那一万小时倒计时也只是基因们提前编制的程序的一个不足为道的执行。但是，知道我这个生存机器也是宏大漫长的基因战争历史的一个片断，我又觉得这有“make a dent”的浪漫之意。Go gene! 给我灭了其它基因！
0 有用 孙二娘 2011-07-23 17:45:55
原来很多科普文里的内容都来源于这本书。