上帝错觉是英国牛津大学教授理查德·道金斯的一部著作,为2006年畅销书。 截止2010年1月,该书英文版已卖出200万册,并翻译成34种语言,中文简体字版名为《上帝的迷思》。 …
《自私的基因》是英国进化生物学家理查德·道金斯于1976年出版的书,主要关于进化论,其理论构筑于乔治·威廉斯的书《适应与自然选择》之上。道金斯使用“自私的基因”来表达基因中心的进化论观点。这种观点和基于物种或生物体的进化论观点不同,能够解释生物体之间的各种利他行为。两个生物体在基因上的关系越紧密,就越有可能表现得无私。 一个物种的进化是为了提升其整体适应度——将自己的基因尽可能多地传给整个群体。于是,整个种群会朝向进化稳定策略进化。本书还创造了迷因一词,用以表示人类社会文化的进化的基本单位,提出“自私”的复制机制同样适用于人类文化。自本书出版以来,迷因学说成为了很多研究的主题。 …
With unparalleled wit, clarity, and intelligence, Richard Dawkins, one of the world's most renowned evolutionary biologists, has introduced countless readers to the wonders of science in works such as The Selfish Gene. Now, in The Ancestor's Tale, Dawkins offers a masterwork: an exhilarating reverse tour through …
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution is a 2009 book by British biologist Richard Dawkins, which was released on 3 September 2009 in the UK and on 22 September 2009 in the US It sets out the evidence for biological evolution, and is Dawkins's 10th book, following his best-selling critique of religion …
Unweaving the Rainbow is a 1998 book by Richard Dawkins, discussing the relationship between science and the arts from the perspective of a scientist. Dawkins addresses the misperception that science and art are at odds. Driven by the responses to his books The Selfish Gene and The Blind Watchmaker wherein readers …
River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life is a 1995 popular science book by Richard Dawkins. The book is about Darwinian evolution and includes summaries of the topics covered in his earlier books, The Selfish Gene, The Extended Phenotype and The Blind Watchmaker. It is part of the Science Masters series and is …
How do species evolve? Richard Dawkins, one of the world's most eminent zoologists, likens the process to scaling a huge, Himalaya-size peak, the Mount Improbable of his title. An alpinist does not leap from sea level to the summit; neither does a species utterly change forms overnight, but instead follows a course of …
A Devil's Chaplain, subtitled Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love is a 2003 book of selected essays and other writings by Richard Dawkins. Published five years after his previous book Unweaving the Rainbow, it contains 32 essays covering subjects including pseudoscience, genetic determinism, memetics, …
The Extended Phenotype is a 1982 book by Richard Dawkins in which he introduced a biological concept of the same name. The main idea is that phenotype should not be limited to biological processes such as protein biosynthesis or tissue growth, but extended to include all effects that a gene has on its environment, …