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SCIENCEMay 20 · 14:00 UTCNEW SCIENTIST

Intoxicating and astonishing: Why 'The Selfish Gene' almost never was

The article discusses how Richard Dawkins's book 'The Selfish Gene' nearly wasn't published, with its draft landing on book editor Michael Rodgers's desk fifty years ago. The book's publication marked a transformative moment in evolutionary biology and public understanding of genetics.

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