For all the" selfishness" of genes, they team up to survive. Is the history of life in fact a story of
cooperation? Amid the violence and brutality that dominates the news, it's hard to think of …

The modern world is dominated by ideas that are threatening to kill us: that life is one long
battle from conception to grave; that all creatures, including human beings, are driven by …

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In the opening chapter of The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins writes:'Be warned that if you
wish, as I do, to build a society in which individuals cooperate generously and unselfishly …

" Why isn's all life pond-scum? Why are there multimillion-celled, long-lived monsters like us,
built from tens of thousands of cooperating genes? Mark Ridley presents a new explanation …

Richard Dawkins once wrote," Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are
born selfish." Francis Collins, former Director of the Human Genome Project, believed that …

The million copy international bestseller, critically acclaimed and translated into over 25
languages. As influential today as when it was first published, The Selfish Gene has become …

From Gaia to Selfish Genes is a different kind of anthology. Lively excerpts from the popular
writings of leading theorists in the life sciences blend in a seamless presentation of the …

Genes in Conflict. The Biology of Selfish Genetic Elements. By Austin Burt and Robert
Trivers. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006. 620 pp. $35,£ 21.95. ISBN 0-674 …