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In The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins crystallized the gene's eye view of evolution developed by W.D. Hamilton and others. The book provoked widespread and heated debate. Written in part as a response, The Extended Phenotype gave a deeper clarification of the central concept of the gene as the unit of selection; but it did much more besides. In it, Dawkins extended the gene's eye view to argue that the genes that sit within an organism have an influence that reaches out beyond the visible traits in that body - the phenotype - to the wider environment, which can include other individuals. So, for instance, the genes of the beaver drive it to gather twigs to produce the substantial physical structure of a dam; and the genes of the cuckoo chick produce effects that manipulate the behaviour of the host bird, making it nurture the intruder as one of its own. This notion of the extended phenotype has proved to be highly influential in the way we understand evolution and the natural world. It represents a key scientific contribution to evolutionary biology, and it continues to play an important role in research in the life sciences. The Extended Phenotype is a conceptually deep book that forms important reading for biologists and students. But Dawkins' clear exposition is accessible to all who are prepared to put in a little effort. Oxford Landmark Science books are 'must-read' classics of modern science writing which have crystallized big ideas, and shaped the way we think.

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"The Extended Phenotype is a sequel to The Selfish Gene ... he writes so clearly it could be understood by anyone prepared to make the effort" ―John Maynard Smith, LRB

"This entertaining and thought-provoking book is an excellent illustration of why the study of evolution is in such an exciting ferment these days." ―Science

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Professor Richard Dawkins is one of the most influential science writers and communicators of our generation. He was the first holder of the Charles Simonyi Chair of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford, a position he held from 1995 until 2008, and is Emeritus Fellow of New College, Oxford. His bestselling books include The Selfish Gene (1976), The Extended Phenotype (1982) and its sequel The Blind Watchmaker (1986), River Out of Eden (1995), Climbing Mount Improbable (1996), Unweaving the Rainbow (1998), A Devil's Chaplain (2004), The Ancestor's Tale (2004), and The God Delusion (2007). He has won many literary and scientific awards, including the 1987 Royal Society of Literature Award, the 1990 Michael Faraday Award of the Royal Society, the 1994 Nakayama Prize for Human Science, the 1997 International Cosmos Prize, and the Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest in 2009.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press, USA; Reprint edition (November 1, 2016)
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Paperback ‏ : ‎ 440 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0198788916
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0198788911
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 1.4 x 7.6 inches

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Richard Dawkins taught zoology at the University of California at Berkeley and at Oxford University and is now the Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford, a position he has held since 1995. Among his previous books are The Ancestor's Tale, The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, Climbing Mount Improbable, Unweaving the Rainbow, and A Devil's Chaplain. Dawkins lives in Oxford with his wife, the actress and artist Lalla Ward.

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Joshua

A bit unnecessary, but still good

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 29, 2022

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I loved The Selfish Gene and I was excited to read this. It is a great book, don't get me wrong, but he spends too much time addressing arguments he's had with other people. The first few chapters were a drag to get through, but it got better eventually. I understand he's concerned about the debates he has with colleagues and he wants to make sure we all understand he exact point of view and the reasons why he wants to defend them, but at some point it becomes a bit much. Still a good book and worth the read.

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My first thought after finishing The Extended Phenotype was, "That's obvious." Of course it wasn't obvious before reading the book. My second thought was, "All Dawkins did was change the definition of phenotype." But that is no mean feat and I suspect the definition has stuck. Finally, one of the best, and funniest, parts of the book was the glossary.

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Clyde Desmond Macalister

A Highly Satisfactory Expansion upon the Principles Espoused in "The Selfish Gene"

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Dawkins beyond succeeds in pursuing the task implied by the title of the book and the topic of his first best seller: beginning with the gene-centered view of evolution as his main, first principle, he infers the "extended" phenotypic effects of genes outside the strict confines of particular vehicles (cells, organisms, groups, etc.) -- the cliché example being dams constructed by beavers.

Reading some of the other reviews of the book, it seems to strike many readers as difficult reading. I don't, on the whole, accept this claim. To be sure, the primary audience was intended to be professional biologists, but general audiences were not excluded as a possible readership as well. Most of the explanation is pretty intuitive, and even the comparatively more esoteric, specialized language can be easily deciphered by any non-biologist with the glossary provided in the back. I don't claim expertise on biology and especially genetics, but Dawkins does not fail to reach out to people like me. If I can do it so can you.

Dawkins's theoretical paradigm in this work, much like in _The Selfish Gene_, integrates heavily the thought and contributions of all the most important scientists of the modern synthesis, including William Hamilton, E.O. Wilson, George Williams, Robert Trivers, Ronald Fisher, and others. Moreover, he addresses the few, minor details where these men have erred. He also confronts assailants of gene-centered theory, especially Richard Lewontin and Stephen Jay Gould, and performs particularly well in his rebuttal of the strawman claim that proponents of the theory posit genetic determinism. One has no shortage of empirical evidence Dawkins cites for his theoretical claims to admire, either, including the examples snails, shrimps, various parasites, cuckoos, the prokaryotic origins of eukaryotic life, and many others. I can identify no noteworthy defects in this book whatsoever, empirically or theoretically.

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Graham H. Seibert

A seminal book of three decades back, illuminating a scientific battle vallantly fought and eventually won.

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This is the original book. My mistake - I saw it on Amazon Kindle Coming Soon and thought that Dawkins had updated it. No, not at all.

The book brings you back three decades, to the fierce battles fought and won by Dawkins and the sociobiologists against the Marxist trio of Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Rose and Richard Lewontin. It is interesting as a history of science. It is also interesting as an insight into the way in which science, especially science involving people, is fought by others with political agendas.

Today's fights are more to be found in the field of evolutionary psychology. The books being feverishly burned include works on the evolution of, and differences in human intelligence and temperament published by the Ulster Institute (and available from their web site) and Kevin MacDonald's Culture of Critique trilogy.

I wish I could report that today's pariahs were being as successful as Dawkins was. So far not, although their thinking is embraced in large measure by the Dark Enlightenment, manosphere and Alt-Right movements. I think their time is coming.

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Bubba

A tough read for a non-biologist

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I'm about halfway through this. It is a good sequel to 'The Selfish Gene' but is written towards a more professional audience. Other reviewers go into fine detail on that. My degrees are in chemical engineering and computer science and a good bit of the jargon is over my head. Richard provides a glossary at the back of the book which is helpful but not complete enough. I'll continue to work through it as I find the topic fascinating.

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Reed

Difficult to get through if you're not already familiar with biology

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This is one of the most difficult books I've ever personally read. I wouldn't recommend it unless you're a biologist or are interested in biology to the extent that you're familiar with a lot of terminology and concepts related to the subject matter. There was a degree to which I felt that I really just didn't have the familiarity with the subject matter at hand, even though I had read The Selfish Gene. Of course, I have to concede that Dawkins himself states that it's meant more for biologists although he hoped laypeople could still enjoy it.

As far as the concepts in the book, and especially the idea of the extended phenotype itself, it was very interesting, I just feel that the book could've laid out these concepts without the academic jargon and obscure references, but I basically knew what I was getting into it and read it anyway--it's not Dawkins's fault. But as I said, I feel this could've been written in a vein closer to The Selfish Gene, where it was more a book for everyone. My general advice to stay away from this unless you're confident that you're already largely familiar with the biology vocabulary. That's not to say it's not a good book, but I would imagine these concepts are probably explained in other books that are probably more accessible.

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Doesn’t include Afterword

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I bought this book for a graduate class and it’s a great book so far. I thought I was buying the newer version of the book with the Dennett afterword, but I think that was my mistake. A classmate uploaded the 4-page afterword so the rest of the class has access to it when we get to that point, but this edition does not have the afterword. Again, this was not the seller’s fault, but anyone who needs that part of the book should find it elsewhere.

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sarah

A great read!

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on June 20, 2018

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If you want to read this book, which you should since it's excellent, then you should start with The Selfish Gene considering that it preceeds The Extended Phenotype. This one is a little harder to read and for the good reason that it has specialy been written for professional biologists, althought you don't need to be one in order to appreciate the quality of knowledge that Richard Dawkins has to share. To be fair, I have no background whatsoever in biology and my mother language is french, but still I was able to grasp most of the informations in this book and I think that everyone who has the heart to try and who likes to learn and aquire new knowledge will enjoy the read! On the plus side at the end of the book there's a glossary to explain in more details a few technical terms and other biology jargon that most people aren't familiar with. Once you've read The Selfish Gene and this book, you will never see the animals/plants kingdom the same way.

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¡Excelente!

Reviewed in Mexico 🇲🇽 on November 18, 2016

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En este libro Dawkins desarrolla ideas que han influido de manera importante en el desarrollo reciente de la biología evolutiva.

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Peter Hughes

Another wonderful book from Dawkins

Reviewed in Australia 🇦🇺 on May 13, 2021

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Everything that Dawkins has written only ranges from great to wonderful imo.

But Extended Phenotype is one of his best and was ground breaking in the field of evolutionary biology. Since it was first written his concepts have gone on to be generally accepted truths.

What sets this one apart is that like "The Selfish Gene", and a few other Dawkin's books, people will also learn far more about human behaviour than ever offered by either psychology or psychiatry :)

Sébastien Roy

The new paragdim of biology

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 3, 2021

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Incredible follow up of his best seller the selfish gene. Very interesting and highly additive ! But its best if you have a certain knowledge about biology.

Robert B.

Good read

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on October 17, 2019

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