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Dawkins vs. Gould: Survival of the Fittest is a book about the differing views of biologists Richard Dawkins and Stephen Jay Gould by philosopher of biology Kim Sterelny.When published in 2001 it became an international best-seller.
The following list of publications by Richard Dawkins is a chronological list of papers, articles, essays and books published by British ethologist and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins. He has also written many book reviews and newspaper articles which are not listed on this page.
Dawkins's later formulation is in his book The Extended Phenotype (1982), where the process of selection is taken to involve every possible phenotypical effect of a gene. Stephen Jay Gould finds Dawkins's position tries to have it both ways: [34] "Dawkins claims to prefer genes and to find greater insight in this formulation.
Dawkins accused Gould of deliberately underplaying the differences between rapid gradualism and macromutation in his published accounts of punctuated equilibrium. [95] He also devoted entire chapters to critiquing Gould's account of evolution in his books The Blind Watchmaker and Unweaving the Rainbow , as did Daniel Dennett in his 1995 book ...
Since Gould's death in 2002, Niles Eldredge has continued with counter-arguments to gene-centered natural selection. [38] Eldredge notes that in Dawkins' book A Devil's Chaplain, which was published just before Eldredge's book, "Richard Dawkins comments on what he sees as the main difference between his position and that of the late Stephen Jay ...
A section of the book is devoted to Dawkins' late adversary Stephen Jay Gould. The book's title is a reference to a quotation of Charles Darwin, in a letter to J.D. Hooker dated 13 July 1856, made in reference to Darwin's lack of belief in how "a perfect world" was designed by God (and a reference to Reverend Robert Taylor): "What a book a ...
Nice Guys Finish First (BBC Horizon television series) is a 1986 documentary by Richard Dawkins which discusses selfishness and cooperation, arguing that evolution often favors co-operative behaviour, and focusing especially on the tit for tat strategy of the prisoner's dilemma game. The film is approximately 50 minutes long and was produced by ...
Pages in category "Books about evolution" ... Dawkins vs. Gould; The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex; Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation; E.