|
| The Selfish Gene (Gebundene Ausgabe)
von Richard Dawkins
|
| |
| Kurzbeschreibung: | | New cover reissue. "The sort of popular science writing that makes the reader feel like a genius" }New York Times{. "Exciting theories explained with wit, clarity and enthusiasm" }Sunday Times{.-- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
Lesen Sie mehr... |
Rezensionen: | | Inheriting the mantle of revolutionary biologist from Darwin, Watson, and Crick, Richard Dawkins forced an enormous change in the way we see ourselves and the world with the publication ofThe Selfish Gene. Suppose, instead of thinking about organisms using genes to reproduce themselves, as we had since Mendel's work was rediscovered, we turn it around and imagine that "our" genes build and maintain us in order to make more genes. That simple reversal seems to answer many puzzlers which had stumped scientists for years, and we haven't thought of evolution in the same way since.
Why are there miles and miles of "unused" DNA within each of our bodies? Why should a bee give up its own chance to reproduce to help raise her sisters and brothers? With a prophet's clarity, Dawkins told us the answers from the perspective of molecules competing for limited space and resources to produce more of their own kind. Drawing fascinating examples from every field of biology, he paved the way for a serious re-evaluation of evolution. He also introduced the concept of self-reproducing ideas, ormemes, which (seemingly) use humans exclusively for their propagation. If we are puppets, he says, at least we can try to understand our strings.--Rob Lightner
| | | © 1998-2001 Amazon.com, Inc. und Tochtergesellschaften | |
| | | Alle Rezensionen ansehen... | | | Kundenrezensionen: | | |
|
 | | | | | | | |
 | |
Angebote zu Selfish , Gene , Gebundene ab 1 Euro!
|
| Siehe auch folgende Artikel: |
|
|  | | The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design von Richard Dawkins
The Extended Phenotype. The Long Reach of the Gene von Richard Dawkins
The Ancestor's Tale von Richard Dawkins
Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life von Daniel Clement Dennett
|
| | Mehr zu Health, Mind & Body, Criticism & Theory, African American, Genetics, Zoology, Evolution, Biology, Zoology, Ecology, Evolution, Genetics, Organic, Science, History & Philosophy, History of Science, Genetics, Nature & Ecology, General & Reference
|
| | Home ..., Angebote ansehen ..., Begleitseite ... |
|
|
| | Herausgeber dieser Seite ist DomainLoc.com GmbH - Partner von Amazon.de
| | Copyright © DomainLoc.com GmbH (Impressum) |
| |