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The Selfish Gene (Dawkins)
Richard Dawkins's 1976 gene's-eye view of evolution: replicators and survival machines, kin selection and Hamilton's rule, reciprocal altruism, evolutionarily stable strategies, the birth of the word 'meme', and common misreadings.
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Prereqs: Evolution & natural selection. Next: Memes: Dawkins to the internet; Game theory. Sources: Richard Dawkins, *The Selfish Gene* (1976; 40th anniv. ed. 2016); W. D. Hamilton (1964); Robert Trivers (1971); John Maynard Smith (1973).Next: 1. The gene's-eye view