Arguing that science does not steal the majesty from the universe but rather reinvigorates it with new wonder, the author of The Blind Watchmaker and The Selfish Gene explores the 'poetry' he continues to experience in nature. Reprint. (view table of contents)

Product Description: 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.' Science 'The Extended Phenotype is a sequel to The Selfish Gene ...read more

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

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

Product Description: Despite the theory’s age, The Blind Watchmaker is as prescient and timely as ever. The watchmaker belongs to the eighteenth-century theologian, William Paley, who argued that just as a watch is too complicated and functional to have sprung into existence by accident, so too must all living things, with their far greater complexity, be purposefully designed...read more

Product Description: The Selfish Gene caused a wave of excitement among biologists and the general public when it was first published in 1976. Its vivid rendering of a gene’s eye view of life, in lucid prose, gathered together the strands of thought about the nature of natural selection into a conceptual framework with far-reaching implications for our understanding of evolution...read more

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

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

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

Product Description: 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." Richard Dawkins offers a controversial reinterpretation of that idea in The Extended Phenotype, now being reissued to coincide with the publication of the second edition of his highly-acclaimed The Selfish Gene...read more