How Long to Read The Gene's-Eye View of Evolution

How Long Does it Take to Read The Gene's-Eye View of Evolution?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 24 minutes to read The Gene's-Eye View of Evolution by J. Arvid Ågren

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

"To many evolutionary biologists, the central challenge of their discipline is to explain adaptation, the appearance of design in the living world. With the theory of evolution by natural selection, Charles Darwin elegantly showed how a purely mechanistic process can achieve this striking feature of nature. Since then, the way many biologists have thought about evolution and natural selection is as a theory about individual organisms. Over a century later, a subtle but radical shift in perspective emerged with the gene's-eye view of evolution in which natural selection was conceptualized as a struggle between genes for replication and transmission to the next generation. This viewpoint culminated with the publication of The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins (Oxford University Press, 1976) and is now commonly referred to as selfish gene thinking. The gene's-eye view has subsequently played a central role in evolutionary biology, although it continues to attract controversy. The central aim of this accessible book is to show how the gene's-eye view differs from the traditional organismal account of evolution, trace its historical origins, clarify typical misunderstandings and, by using examples from contemporary experimental work, show why so many evolutionary biologists still consider it an indispensable heuristic. The book concludes by discussing how selfish gene thinking fits into ongoing debates in evolutionary biology, and what they tell us about the future of the gene's-eye view of evolution."--

How long is The Gene's-Eye View of Evolution?

The Gene's-Eye View of Evolution by J. Arvid Ågren is 257 pages long, and a total of 66,049 words.

This makes it 87% the length of the average book. It also has 81% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Gene's-Eye View of Evolution Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours to read The Gene's-Eye View of Evolution aloud.

What Reading Level is The Gene's-Eye View of Evolution?

The Gene's-Eye View of Evolution is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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