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.
2012.02.27 【经典推荐】《自私的基因》 久闻大名的一本书,遗憾的是,现在才真正读完。大概是很久没有看这样的书了,觉得非常好看,两天的时间忍不住一气读完。 一直以来我有一个巨大的野心,我知道这个野心过于巨大,可能在我的有生之年都无法完成。不是的,不是的,不是要日...
评分 评分初读此书,读起来是很费一番功夫的。但最终读下来之后,不禁让人有再次阅读的冲动。从没想过一本书会彻底地颠覆我对事物重构的看法,不得不称赞作者的学识渊博与科学求知。 本书对我最大的震撼就是:人的本能注定是自私自利的。看似我们所有无私的举动都掺杂着自私的动机。因...
评分 评分原文自本人新浪博客(http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_538f46f70100hn7s.html),转载请注明。 豆瓣上文字无格式。 《冬吴相对论》的梁冬两次在节目里提到了他在看这本书。引起了我的兴趣,于是从图书馆借来翻了一翻。我读的其实不是左图这本,是科学出版社1981年12月的版本...
作者开篇即强调,"I am not advocating a morality based on evolution. I am saying how things have evolved. I am not saying how we humans MORALLY ought to behave." 然而还是有许多读者试图从这本书中挖掘出道德的隐喻。又,作者从没宣称基因本身有意识,眼下的世界之所以是这样一个gene pool,不过是replicator+遗传变异+自然选择的结果罢了,在这其中随机性具有不可忽视的地位。再又,这一理论并不缺乏可证伪性,比如书中提到的有关蚁群性别比的预测,通过对现实存在的蚁群进行研究,就可以证伪。
评分Dawkins太雄辩了。
评分作者开篇即强调,"I am not advocating a morality based on evolution. I am saying how things have evolved. I am not saying how we humans MORALLY ought to behave." 然而还是有许多读者试图从这本书中挖掘出道德的隐喻。又,作者从没宣称基因本身有意识,眼下的世界之所以是这样一个gene pool,不过是replicator+遗传变异+自然选择的结果罢了,在这其中随机性具有不可忽视的地位。再又,这一理论并不缺乏可证伪性,比如书中提到的有关蚁群性别比的预测,通过对现实存在的蚁群进行研究,就可以证伪。
评分许多大名鼎鼎的英文畅销书我豆没有读过。近期挑选基本扫个盲。
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