The Selfish Gene

• Commemorative anniversary edition of this landmark work which powerfully encapsulates a new way of looking at living things - a gene's eye view of life.
• The original edition was published 30 years ago - this book remains a classic work in the development of evolutionary thought, and its influence is undiminished today.
• Contains a newly written introduction by Richard Dawkins, the original prefaces including Robert Trivers' 1976 foreword, and extracts from a selection of early reviews.

New to this edition

• A new introduction by Richard Dawkins
• Enlarged review section, with extracts from a range of early reviews, highlighting the book's importance and influence
• Includes prefaces and forewords from previous editions

Readership: Popular science readership; anyone with an interest in the natural sciences, evolution, and genetics.

Richard Dawkins, Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science and Fellow of New College, Oxford.

"Dawkins's first book, The Selfish Gene, was a smash hit... Best of all, Dawkins laid out this biology - some of it truly subtle - in stunningly lucid prose. (It is, in my view, the best work of popular science ever written.)" - H. Allen Orr, New York Review of Books

"The Selfish Gene is a classic." - Robin McKie, The Observer

"A genuine cultural landmark of our time." - The Independent

"Review from previous edition The sort of popular science writing that makes the reader feel like a genius." - New York Times

Introduction to 3rd edn
Preface to 1989 2nd edn
Foreword to 1976 1st edn
Preface to 1976 1st edn
1: Why are people?
2: The replicators
3: Immortal coils
4: The gene machine
5: Aggression: stability and the selfish machine
6: Genesmanship
7: Family planning
8: Battle of the generations
9: Battle of the sexes
10: You scratch my back, I'll ride on yours
11: Memes: the new replicators
12: Nice guys finish first
13: The long reach of the gene
Endnotes
Reviews from earlier editions
Updated bibliography
Index and key to bibliography

Author Richard Dawkins introduces 'The Selfish Gene' in this 'Meet the Author' video