People commonly view evolution as a process of competition between individuals--known as "survival of the fittest"--with the individual representing the "unit of selection." Richard Dawkins offers a controversial reinterpretation of that idea in The Extended Phenotype, now being reissued to coincide with the publication of the second edition of his highly-acclaimed The Selfish ...(展开全部)

In The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins crystallized the gene's eye view of evolution developed by W.D. Hamilton and others. The book provoked widespread and heated debate. Written in part as a response, The Extended Phenotype gave a deeper clarification of the central concept of the gene as the unit of selection; but it did much more besides. In it, Dawkins extended the gene's ey...(展开全部)

People commonly view evolution as a process of competition between individuals--known as "survival of the fittest"--with the individual representing the "unit of selection." Richard Dawkins offers a controversial reinterpretation of that idea in The Extended Phenotype, now being reissued to coincide with the publication of the second edition of his highly-acclaimed The Selfish ...(展开全部)

This is a revised edition with a new afterword by Daniel Dennett. The Extended Phenotype carries on from where The Selfish Gene takes off. It is a fascinating look at the evolution of life and natural selection. Dawkins's theory is that individual organisms are replicators that have extended phenotypic effects on society and the world at large, thus our genes have the ability t...(展开全部)

'If a man is to write A Panegyrick, he may keep vices out of sight; but if he professes to write A Life, he must represent it really as it was.' In the last of his major writings, Samuel Johnson looked back over the previous two centuries of English Literature in order to describe the personalities as well as the achievements of the leading English poets. The major Lives - of ...(展开全部)

忧郁的解剖 （The Anatomy of Melancholy；全称：The Anatomy of Melancholy, What it is: With all the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes, Prognostickes, and Several Cures of it. In Three Maine Partitions with their several Sections, Members, and Subsections. Philosophically, Medicinally, Historically, Opened and Cut Up）一书是由在牛津大学里牧师兼学者的罗伯特·伯顿撰写 ，于1621年首次出版。 概述 这本书从封面外表来看，不过就是一本探讨忧郁症的医学教科书（其中还包括现在被称为的临床...(展开全部)

忧郁的解剖 （The Anatomy of Melancholy；全称：The Anatomy of Melancholy, What it is: With all the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes, Prognostickes, and Several Cures of it. In Three Maine Partitions with their several Sections, Members, and Subsections. Philosophically, Medicinally, Historically, Opened and Cut Up）一书是由在牛津大学里牧师兼学者的罗伯特·伯顿撰写 ，于1621年首次出版。 概述 这本书从封面外表来看，不过就是一本探讨忧郁症的医学教科书（其中还包括现在被称为的临床...(展开全部)

The 1660s represent a turning point in English history, and for the main events - the Restoration, the Dutch War, the Great Plague, the Fire of London - Pepys provides a definitive eyewitness account. Along with lively descriptions of his socializing, his amorous entanglements, his theater-going & music-making. Unequaled for its frankness, high spirits & sharp observations, the...(展开全部)

EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY EVERETT WARD OLMSTED

【著】妮妮•霍克维斯 瑞典女作家，1958年生，散文家，小说家，同时从事翻译工作。这部作品是她的首部长篇小说，目前已被十几个国家和地区引进。 【译】马伊可 著名的莎士比亚戏剧翻译家、诗人。 浙江嵊州人，自由译者。本科毕业于中国海洋大学汉语言文学系，硕士毕业于成均馆大学新闻传播系，主攻人文社科、艺术传媒、儿童文学领域作品翻译。