selfish gene

"The Selfish Gene" was first published in 1976 and became a bestseller all over the world. It is one of the 100 classics of the 20th century.

Where did we come from and where are we going? What is the meaning of life, and how should we know ourselves? "The Selfish Gene" answers these important propositions with an imaginative narrative. Dawkins puts forward a bold idea in this book: We are born selfish, and any creature, including ourselves, is just a survival machine. This book is a real cognitive science. The three simple mechanisms of replication, mutation and elimination can evolve all kinds of life phenomena in the world.

"The Selfish Gene" also provides us with a new worldview. In the book, Dawkins sublimated the theory of evolution from the genetic level to the cultural level, and created a new type of replicator term "meme", which specifically refers to the cultural evolution in the development of human society, and proposed: In this world, only we, we humans, can stand up against the tyranny of selfish replicators.

After the publication of "The Selfish Gene", it caused major controversy in all walks of life. This book is an updated edition for the 40th anniversary. On the basis of the 30th anniversary edition, Dawkins' responses to these controversies are added, with a total of more than 60,000 words. The common misunderstandings in the world, and then correctly understand life and its meaning from the perspective of genes, and further perfect Dawkins' classic discussion of "selfish genes", forming this special "extended" 40th anniversary edition of "The Selfish Gene". Gene".

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【Editor's Choice】

1. Dawkins, the most influential scientist in the world, is a classic representative work, one of the 100 classics of the 20th century, which has been sold all over the world for 40 years. It is a classic work with important influence not only in the field of genes but also in the field of social science. In 2017, it was listed as the most influential science book of all time in a poll celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Royal Society Science Book Prize, ahead of Darwin's Origin of Species and Newton's Principia Mathematica.

2. This book is an updated edition for the 40th anniversary. On the basis of the 30th anniversary edition, Dawkins' important response to the controversy aroused since the publication of "The Selfish Gene" is added, focusing on genetic determinism, genetic selection and genetic adaptation. A detailed rebuttal, with a total of more than 60,000 words, further perfected Dawkins' classic discussion of the "selfish gene".

3. To understand life from genes, and to clarify the long and profound past of human beings; not only the real cognitive science, but also to answer the major issues facing human beings with wonderful discussions full of imagination: where did we come from and where will we go go? What is the meaning of life, and how should we know ourselves? And put forward a bold idea: We are born selfish, any creature, including ourselves, is just a survival machine. The three simple mechanisms of replication, mutation and elimination can evolve into all kinds of life phenomena in the world.

4. This book has been a highly controversial topic since its publication 40 years ago. It has changed the world outlook of several generations, sublimated the theory of evolution from the genetic level to the cultural level, and created a new type of "meme" (cultural gene). The term replicator has a great influence on the meaning of cultural evolution. Dawkins proposed: In this world, only we, we human beings, can resist the tyranny of selfish replicators.

5. Highly recommended by American investor Charlie Munger, British evolutionary scientist Hamilton, well-known science fiction writer Liu Cixin, director of the Department of Science History of Tsinghua University Professor Wu Guosheng, entrepreneur Luo Yonghao, cultural celebrity Liang Wendao, Douban founder Abei, etc.

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【Celebrity recommendation】

The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins is fantastic, it gives a basic explanation of the human condition, and biological reasoning is very useful when it comes to investing. Transactional evolution is very similar to biological evolution, so we can predict the outcome of the transactional evolution process.

—Charlie Thomas Munger, American investor

Everyone should read and understand The Selfish Gene by Dawkins. The book uses a wealth of techniques to show a new side of evolution. Dawkins has succeeded in the almost impossible task of introducing the rather esoteric quasi-mathematical topics of emerging evolutionary thought to the general public in accessible, non-technical language. After reading the whole book, even biological research experts with a broad perspective and who think they are knowledgeable will be amazed by it and feel refreshed. At least, this book surprised the author. Once again, this book is also easy to understand for readers who have no scientific basis.

——WD Hamilton, a world-renowned evolutionary scientist

Everyone who is interested in the universe and its place in it should read this book!

--Jeffrey R. Baylis, author of bestselling Animal Behavior

More than 100 years after Darwin's theory of evolution, an updated version has been released on a new scientific level. Dawkins' "The Selfish Gene" is an interesting and challenging new version. He proposed that the unit of evolution may be neither a species, nor a group, nor even an individual, but a gene. The so-called selfishness is nothing more than striving for one's own survival.

——Wu Guosheng/Dean of the Department of History of Science, Tsinghua University

The biggest feature of "The Selfish Gene" is coldness, which is colder than calmness, revealing the essence of life quietly. Although this conclusion is not necessarily correct, it tells us a possibility: life and life, as well as the relationship between the world and the world. The ultimate goal of civilization may be something we can't think of at all.

——Liu Cixin/Science Fiction Writer, Author of The Three-Body Problem

I actually came to this classic after reading other popular books on evolution, genetics, and evolutionary psychology on and off. While less suspenseful, a classic is a classic and well worth every page. If you want to find out the "meaning of life" come. This is very challenging, and this book won't help you, but personally I just wish I had read this book a dozen years earlier.

——A Bei/Founder of Douban

Dawkins created memes as opposed to genes. If biological genes can determine our behavior, but there will still be a cultural gene that affects biology, which may explain the process of cultural transmission.

——Liang Wendao/Cultural celebrity

Couldn't be more excited about this important book!

--"Economist"

"The Selfish Gene" is the kind of popular science writing that makes readers think it's genius!

--"New York Times"

The beauty of The Selfish Gene is that it is concise and accessible to readers of any age.

—— "American Scientist"

Dawkins' debut novel, "The Selfish Gene," is a powerful piece of work...and best of all, Dawkins delivers it with skill and clarity. Without a doubt, this is one of the best popular science books of all time.

-- "New York Review of Books"