Reviews
'What is so refreshing about Dawkins is that he has confidence in the scientific method, in the testing of beliefs to destruction, no matter how cherished they may be'Benjamin Woolley, The Listener, 'Thirty years on from its first publication, this classic work in the development of evolutionary thought remains as influential as ever.', 'Review from previous edition 'The sort of popular science writing that makes the reader feel like a genius.''New York Times, "A splendid example of how difficult scientific ideas can be explained bysomeone who understands them and is willing to take the trouble" The NewYorker, 'Dawkins demonstrates that complex, theoretical or mathematical ideas can be expressed rigorously, in plain English. The book remains an excellent way for those who have not been trained in evolution to understand modern arguments.'Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 'the reader will come away with a clear understanding of kin selection,evolutionary stable strategies, and similar staples of the literature onevolutionary theories of animal behaviour. This is a considerable achievement.'Times Higher Education Supplement, "A splendid example of how difficult scientific ideas can be explained by someone who understands them and is willing to take the trouble" The New Yorker, 'Scientists give every appearance of being addicts, and science is theirvice. That is one reason why progress in science is so rapid. I for one havebenefited a great deal from Dawkins's addiction.'David L. Hull, Nature, 'buy this book, read it and recommend it to your students...There is still nothing else quite like it. Not only are the new chapters and endnotes worthy additions to the original, but the 1976 text comes up as fresh as a primrose and, in its way, nearly as perfect.'l Animal Behaviour, 'What is so refreshing about Dawkins is that he has confidence in thescientific method, in the testing of beliefs to destruction, no matter howcherished they may be'Benjamin Woolley, The Listener, 'Review from previous edition 'The sort of popular science writing thatmakes the reader feel like a genius.''New York Times, 'Scientists give every appearance of being addicts, and science is their vice. That is one reason why progress in science is so rapid. I for one have benefited a great deal from Dawkins's addiction.'David L. Hull, Nature, 'the reader will come away with a clear understanding of kin selection, evolutionary stable strategies, and similar staples of the literature on evolutionary theories of animal behaviour. This is a considerable achievement.'Times Higher Education Supplement, "Dawkins 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.)"--New York Review of Books, 'The exciting theories and their wide implications are explaned withclarity, wit and enthusiasm.'Peter Parker, Sunday Times, "Dawkins 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.)"-- New York Review of Books, 'The exciting theories and their wide implications are explaned with clarity, wit and enthusiasm.'Peter Parker, Sunday Times, "Dawkins 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.)"--New York Review of Books, 'This book should be read, can be read, by almost everyone. It describeswith great skill a new face of the theory of evolution.' W.D. Hamilton,Science, 'buy this book, read it and recommend it to your students...There is stillnothing else quite like it. Not only are the new chapters and endnotes worthyadditions to the original, but the 1976 text comes up as fresh as a primroseand, in its way, nearly as perfect.'l Animal Behaviour, Review from previous edition: 'The sort of popular science writing that makes the reader feel like a genius.'' New York Times, 'Dawkins demonstrates that complex, theoretical or mathematical ideas canbe expressed rigorously, in plain English. The book remains an excellent way forthose who have not been trained in evolution to understand modern arguments.'Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 'This book should be read, can be read, by almost everyone. It describes with great skill a new face of the theory of evolution.' W.D. Hamilton, Science
