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9780716713586, titled "The Extended Phenotype: The Gene As the Unit of Selection" | W H Freeman & Co, May 1, 1982, cover price $28.95 | About this edition: People commonly view evolution as a process of competition between individuals--known as "survival of the fittest"--with the individual representing the "unit of selection.
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9780297843986 | Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, February 28, 2005, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: A tongue-in-cheek guide to the domesticated dinosaur provides advice for pet owners as well as those who wish to use the creatures in animal acts or as guards, raise them as lifestock for meat and hides, or keep them in zoos.
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Product Description: This new annual publication is intended to stimulate discussion and review progress in evolutionary studies, with particular emphasis on new theoretical ideas and frameworks. In addition to papers by distinguished contributors, the series will also contain special features, such as major group reviews of books, essays on topical issues, and responses to previously published articles...read more
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9780198541585 | Oxford Univ Pr, November 1, 1985, cover price $65.00 | About this edition: This new annual publication is intended to stimulate discussion and review progress in evolutionary studies, with particular emphasis on new theoretical ideas and frameworks.
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Product Description: A new annual publication, Oxford Surveys in Evolutionary Biology presents reviews of new theoretical ideas and frameworks to stimulate discussion and outline progress in evolutionary studies. The book covers the entire field, touching upon all active schools of thought...read more
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9780198541745, titled "Oxford Surveys in Evolutionary Biology, 1985: 1985" | Oxford Univ Pr, February 1, 1986, cover price $59.00 | About this edition: A new annual publication, Oxford Surveys in Evolutionary Biology presents reviews of new theoretical ideas and frameworks to stimulate discussion and outline progress in evolutionary studies.
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Product Description: Evolutionary biology draws on all levels and branches of biological science, from molecular biology to ecology to paleontology; it also makes use of such disciplines as economics. This series provides a medium whereby researchers and students can keep abreast of the large amount of research conducted each year in every area...read more
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9780198541998 | Clarendon Pr, December 1, 1987, cover price $65.00 | About this edition: Evolutionary biology draws on all levels and branches of biological science, from molecular biology to ecology to paleontology; it also makes use of such disciplines as economics.
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9780393993417, titled "The Blind Watchmaker 1.2: An Evolution Simulation/Mac Version" | Dskt edition (W W Norton & Co Inc, January 1, 1988), cover price $25.95
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9780192880512 | Revised edition (Oxford Univ Pr, August 5, 1999), cover price $19.99 | About this edition: 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.
9780192860880 | Reprint edition (Oxford Univ Pr, December 1, 1989), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: People commonly view evolution as a process of competition between individuals--known as "survival of the fittest"--with the individual representing the "unit of selection.
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9780199291144 | 30 anv edition (Oxford Univ Pr, April 24, 2006), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: This is a million copy international bestseller, critically acclaimed and translated into over 25 languages.
9780192177735 | 2 sub edition (Oxford Univ Pr, November 23, 1989), cover price $30.00 | About this edition: An ethologist shows man to be a gene machine whose world is one of savage competition and deceit
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9780199291151 | 3 edition (Oxford Univ Pr, May 25, 2006), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: 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.
9780192860927 | 2nd edition (Oxford Univ Pr, September 1, 1990), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: An ethologist shows man to be a gene machine whose world is one of savage competition and deceit
9789990077858 | Oxford Univ Pr, September 1, 1990, cover price $0.02
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9781455831647 | Mp3 una edition (Brilliance Audio, October 4, 2011), cover price $19.99 | About this edition: The Selfish Gene caused a wave of excitement among biologists and the general public when it was first published in 1976.
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9780465016068 | Basic Books, March 1, 1995, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Expanding on his theory that the gene is the basic unit of evolution, the author explains how genes meet, compete, unite, and separate to form new species
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9780465069903 | Reprint edition (Basic Books, August 22, 1996), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Expanding on his theory that the gene is the basic unit of evolution, the author explains how genes meet, compete, unite, and separate to form new species
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9780393315707 | Subsequent edition (W W Norton & Co Inc, August 29, 1996), cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Clarifies the seemingly implausible aspects of Darwin's theory, drawing on the famous watch comparison argued by William Paley, the eighteenth-century theologian
9780393304480 | W W Norton & Co Inc, January 1, 1988, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Clarifies the seemingly implausible aspects of Darwin's theory, drawing on the famous watch comparison argued by William Paley, the eighteenth-century theologian
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9781455848133 | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio, January 3, 2012), cover price $24.99 | About this edition: Despite the theory’s age, The Blind Watchmaker is as prescient and timely as ever.
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9780393039306 | W W Norton & Co Inc, September 1, 1996, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Arguing that the perfection of the human body is the result of improbable mutation, a prominent Darwinian uses the metaphor of climbing a mountain to illustrate how natural perfection is due to the unending journey of DNA through time
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9780393316827 | W W Norton & Co Inc, September 1, 1997, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Arguing that the perfection of the human body is the result of improbable mutation, a prominent Darwinian uses the metaphor of climbing a mountain to illustrate how natural perfection is due to the unending journey of DNA through time
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9780613913812, titled "The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design" | Turtleback Books, September 1, 1996, cover price $31.75 | About this edition: Clarifies the seemingly implausible aspects of Darwin's theory, drawing on the famous watch comparison argued by William Paley, the eighteenth-century theologian
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9780198503651 | Oxford Univ Pr, April 8, 1999, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Argues that the design of the mind can be understood in terms of memetic selection and that the inner self is a creation of the memes
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9780192862129 | Oxford Univ Pr, May 16, 2000, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: What is a meme?
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9780395883822 | Houghton Mifflin, December 1, 1998, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: Offers an assessment of what science is, how it feeds the human appetite for wonder, and how 'unweaving' the mysteries of science can be even more beautiful than the mystery itself
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9780618056736 | Reprint edition (Mariner Books, April 5, 2000), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Offers an assessment of what science is, how it feeds the human appetite for wonder, and how 'unweaving' the mysteries of science can be even more beautiful than the mystery itself.
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9780547347356 | Houghton Mifflin, April 5, 2000, cover price $14.95
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9781860466137 | Harvill Pr, September 1, 2000, cover price $32.00
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9788483106693 | Tusquets Editor, January 1, 2002, cover price $35.00
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9788483105832 | Tusquets Editor, January 1, 2002, cover price $35.00
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9781590071502 | Unabridged edition (New Millenium Audio, May 1, 2002), cover price $34.95 | About this edition: A final installment in the series that began with 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' is taken from the late author's previously unpublished personal files and features the same offbeat adventures of Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, and their companions.
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9780618335404 | Houghton Mifflin, September 29, 2003, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: Presents a collection of essays that explore such topics as religion, mysticism, moden educational methods, pseudoscience, Africa, and late colleagues Douglas Adams and Stephen Jay Gould.
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9780618485390, titled "A Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love" | Reprint edition (Mariner Books, October 27, 2004), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Presents a collection of essays that explore such topics as religion, mysticism, moden educational methods, pseudoscience, Africa, and late colleagues Douglas Adams and Stephen Jay Gould.
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9780618005833 | Houghton Mifflin, October 27, 2004, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: A renowned biologist provides a sweeping chronicle of more than four billion years of life on Earth, shedding new light on evolutionary theory and history, sexual selection, speciation, extinction, genetics, and geographical dispersal.
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9780618619160 | Reprint edition (Mariner Books, September 2, 2005), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A renowned biologist provides a sweeping chronicle of more than four billion years of life on Earth, shedding new light on evolutionary theory and history, sexual selection, speciation, extinction, and genetics.
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9781844671168 | Verso Books, September 1, 2006, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Aiming to lay bare the act of blatant state terrorism that is the invasion and occupation of Iraq, this book seeks to reveal the extraordinary tapestry of lies, distortions and gross media manipulation that underpin it.
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9781400133789 | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, February 1, 2007), cover price $79.99 | About this edition: Argues that belief in God is irrational, and describes examples of religion's negative influences on society throughout the centuries, such as war, bigotry, child abuse, and violence.
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9780300122305 | Yale Univ Pr, February 28, 2007, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Details the natural and human history of the islands and describes Darwin's theory of evolution.
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9780061214950 | Perennial, March 1, 2007, cover price $13.99 | About this edition: A collection of essays by some of the world's leading scientists describes ideas and advances that could have devastating repercussions in terms of both their use and philosophical implications, ranging from using medication to change personality to examining a universe in which we are completely alone.
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9781591023913 | Prometheus Books, April 30, 2007, cover price $199.98 | About this edition: Successor to the highly acclaimed "Encyclopedia of Unbelief" (1985), edited by the late Gordon Stein, the "New Encyclopedia of Unbelief" is a comprehensive reference work on the history, beliefs, and thinking of America's fastest growing minority: those who live without religion.
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