false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170591447m/61538.jpg 61538 4 By the best selling author of The Selfish Gene '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 '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, London Review of Books 'Dawkins is quite incapable of being boring this characteristically brilliant and stimulating book is original and provocative throughout, and immensely enjoyable.' G. A. Parker, Heredity 'The extended phenotype is certainly a big idea and it is pressed hard in dramatic language.' Sydney Brenner, Nature 'Richard Dawkins, our most radical Darwinian thinker, is also our best science writer.' Douglas Adams 'Dawkins is a superb communicator. His books are some of the best books ever written on science.' Megan Tressider, Guardian 'Dawkins is a genius of science popularization.' Mark Ridley, The Times 59848 1982 The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene total:251|5:83|4:97|3:59|2:11|1:1| 251 1003 505 25 4 0 false true Wed Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 23:36:34 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 08 05:07:06 -0700 2008
Well written. Directed at actual biologists. Sometimes hard to understand. I needed more basic biology backgrou...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 02:42:48 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 03:30:12 -0700 2008
an extended phenotypic character i teh product of teh intereaction of many genes whose influence impinges from both inside and outside the organism.

this book follows on logically from the selfis...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 12 19:16:23 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 01 21:43:43 -0700 2008 The Selfish Gene. Here Dawkins turns his critical eye and razor sharp words to evolutionary views that take the individual organism as the definitive playing field for natural selection to operate.
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The idea of the extended phenotype is truly revolutionary but the problem I had with this book was that it requires you to be a geneticist (or at least have a degree in biology).

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