圖書標籤: 心理學 科普 進化論 Richard-Dawkins 科學 evolution gene Science
发表于2024-11-21
The Selfish Gene pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024
Richard Dawkins' brilliant reformulation of the theory of natural selection has the rare distinction of having provoked as much excitement and interest outside the scientific community as within it. His theories have helped change the whole nature of the study of social biology, and have forced thousands of readers to rethink their beliefs about life.
In his internationally bestselling, now classic volume, The Selfish Gene , Dawkins explains how the selfish gene can also be a subtle gene. The world of the selfish gene revolves around savage competition, ruthless exploitation, and deceit, and yet, Dawkins argues, acts of apparent altruism do exist in nature. Bees, for example, will commit suicide when they sting to protect the hive, and birds will risk their lives to warn the flock of an approaching hawk.
This 30th anniversary edition of Dawkins' fascinating book retains all original material, including the two enlightening chapters added in the second edition. In a new Introduction the author presents his thoughts thirty years after the publication of his first and most famous book, while the inclusion of the two-page original Foreword by brilliant American scientist Robert Trivers shows the enthusiastic reaction of the scientific community at that time. This edition is a celebration of a remarkable exposition of evolutionary thought, a work that has been widely hailed for its stylistic brilliance and deep scientific insights, and that continues to stimulate whole new areas of research today.
Richard Dawkins, Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science and Fellow of New College, Oxford.
insightful to understand why the unit of evolution is the gene
評分作者開篇即強調,"I am not advocating a morality based on evolution. I am saying how things have evolved. I am not saying how we humans MORALLY ought to behave." 然而還是有許多讀者試圖從這本書中挖掘齣道德的隱喻。又,作者從沒宣稱基因本身有意識,眼下的世界之所以是這樣一個gene pool,不過是replicator+遺傳變異+自然選擇的結果罷瞭,在這其中隨機性具有不可忽視的地位。再又,這一理論並不缺乏可證僞性,比如書中提到的有關蟻群性彆比的預測,通過對現實存在的蟻群進行研究,就可以證僞。
評分原來meme這個詞是在此書中誕生的!(大概
評分原來prisoners' dilemma這裏也有提到,還有nice people finish first的說法
評分Gene, the immortal replicator, is the unit for evolution. meme的那部分論述有點亂來瞭。ESS那段,在上完Game Theory的課後特彆有親切感。可能太多年瞭吧,已經不覺得裏麵的觀點震撼瞭,可見它的影響力和改造力。ps.英國人就是自負得很。
上大学后离科学方面的读物远了很多,可能周围的都是文科生,就算他们以前读理科的,光一堆法学的书就挤走了读书的空闲,何况还有很多人热衷于各种活动,比如我这阵子。 在医院等医生的时候读了前2章,高中时对生物很感兴趣(不代表考试高分),前2章感觉像复习以前的知...
評分精华倒有一句:基因随机突变后有可能会打破原来的平衡点,达到新的平衡点时,基因因此存活下来,也就是新物种算是形成了。(当然,物种的化分只是遵守人类的思维(人类倾向于把同一物种的两个个体生下的后代规定为属于这种物种,这种自增长性使得科学家发现各种物种的数量满足...
評分作者理查德·道金斯声名远播,是著名的“无神论四骑士”成员,粉丝众多,我知道写这篇文章会得罪他的影迷,所以我必须声明本人也是无神论者,而且对亚伯拉罕一神教厌恶至极,所以本人全力支持道金斯对宗教的批判。但这不等于我认同他所有的观点,比如这本书,我认为他写的很烂...
評分初读此书,读起来是很费一番功夫的。但最终读下来之后,不禁让人有再次阅读的冲动。从没想过一本书会彻底地颠覆我对事物重构的看法,不得不称赞作者的学识渊博与科学求知。 本书对我最大的震撼就是:人的本能注定是自私自利的。看似我们所有无私的举动都掺杂着自私的动机。因...
評分2012.02.27 【经典推荐】《自私的基因》 久闻大名的一本书,遗憾的是,现在才真正读完。大概是很久没有看这样的书了,觉得非常好看,两天的时间忍不住一气读完。 一直以来我有一个巨大的野心,我知道这个野心过于巨大,可能在我的有生之年都无法完成。不是的,不是的,不是要日...
The Selfish Gene pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024