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Richard Dawkins

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The Extended Phenotype

Ever wonder if your genes stop influencing you the moment you leave the house? Spoiler: they don’t. They’re busy shaping your world in sneaky, indirect ways you never noticed. Richard Dawkins' "The Extended Phenotype" flips the usual story of evolution on its head, making you rethink what it really means to be an organism.

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The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene

Ever wonder if your genes stop influencing you once you’re out of the womb? Think again. What if your DNA’s reach stretched way beyond your skin, tinkering with the world around you — even other creatures? That’s exactly what Richard Dawkins argues, and it’s a wild ride into how evolution really works.

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The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True

Ever wonder why we still cling to old myths when science has answers? Or why the real world—without dragons or gods meddling—can feel just as awe-inspiring? Richard Dawkins takes a scalpel to ancient stories and shows us the cooler, stranger truth behind how things really work. Spoiler: Reality’s magic isn’t about spells, it’s about facts that don’t need dressing up.

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The Selfish Gene

Ever wonder why nature seems so ruthless, yet sometimes downright generous? It’s not because animals or people are inherently selfish or saintly. It’s because genes don’t care about you—they care about themselves. Yep, your body is just a fancy delivery system for those tiny DNA packages hustling to survive and multiply. Welcome to the selfish gene’s world, where evolution isn’t about survival of the fittest individual, but survival of the sneakiest, most cunning gene.

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