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The Selfish Gene

 
Dawkins writes that "the argument of this book is that we, and all other animals, are machines created by our genes" (p.xxi) and that "We are survival machines - robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes" (p.xxi). Yet, according to him, this book "is not science fiction; it is science" (p.xxi)! Dawkins contrives to overlook the twin discoveries that: 1. the observable traits of organisms are mostly conditioned by the interactions of many genes; 2. ... read more.

Written by Richard Dawkins. Published 16 March 2006. rrp £8.99. Published by OUP Oxford.Paperback.
 
 


 


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