Litsy

Richard Dawkins: How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think : Reflections by Scientists, Writers, and Philosophers | Mark Ridley, Alan Grafen

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Stella line up of circa 20 writers discussing the impact of Dawkins‘s work. Really good.

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Gabe.DeCastro

The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary edition | Richard Dawkins

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“The Selfish Gene” by Richard Dawkins, discusses and explains the selfishness of genes in their goals of survival and repopulation. At the start of the book, Richard Dawkins brings up the theory of the primordial soup — the origin of life, where life forms were first able to rise by feeding on the organic material within the primordial soup. Despite being simple microscopic creatures, competition between them was still very imminent.

Gabe.DeCastro The basic creatures were explained to be different from each other, with some having longer longevity than others, some with faster reproduction speeds, etc. With these differences, these simple lifeforms competed with each other; with the goal of populating and dominating the primordial soup. Billions of years of evolution later, and with the help of drastic environmental changes. 2w

Gabe.DeCastro The simple lifeforms became much more complex, creating their own survival machines (as described by Richard Dawkins) that help assist them in their goal of survival and reproduction. 2w

Gabe.DeCastro Later on in the book, Richard Dawkins begins explaining the main topic of the book, the selfishness of genes. The competition between the primordial lifeforms are still very present and is constantly happening, but is much more now much more complex due to increased diversity in the world. 2w

Gabe.DeCastro Later on in the book, Richard Dawkins argues that behaviours of organisms— such as altruism, cooperation, and competition with other species, are strategies that help creatures survive and pass down the genes they carry. Another thing later brought up were “memes”, the spreading of culture, words, phrases, etc. Richard Dawkins discusses about the similarities between the two and also talks about the differences. 2w

Gabe.DeCastro The theme of the book is nonfiction science, and is present throughout the story through the theories and explanations of Richard Dawkins. If you enjoy nonfiction science/biology books, then this book is perfect for you. As it provides many theories from many biologists, provides a new perspective on evolution, and gives clear explanations of ideas. 2w

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Soubhiville

Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth | Zoe Schlanger

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This book may change your understanding of what plants are. They can communicate with each other. They can change their chemical makeup to dissuade predators. Some change their appearance to blend in with their neighbors better.

I learned many things, definitely recommend if science and plants and nature are interesting to you.

Librariana I have a coworker who I'll definitely mention this one to! Thanks, @Soubhiville 3w

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Soubhiville

Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth | Zoe Schlanger

I‘ve been dipping into this fascinating book over the last several months, and now I‘m hoping to finish it before the end of the year. Joining you to #ReadOutTheOld @TheAromaofBooks 📚📚📚

quietlycuriouskate That does look fascinating! 4w

Jess861 I just gave this book to my dad for Christmas - I almost kept it for myself, hah. 4w

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CSeydel

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

It‘s finally Christmas Eve here on the west coast of the USA and I am settling in to open my #jolabokaflodswap package-

SQUEEEE!! Thank you, Shannon, I am so looking forward to reading this! Thank you for the book and the yummy Dove chocolates - I love them both!

Thank you Chelle for organizing this again. Merry Christmas everyone!

MaleficentBookDragon, Scochrane26

CSeydel I had to include a photo of the cute wrapping paper! 4w

Scochrane26 Yay! Merry Christmas! 4w

tpixie Merry Christmas 🎁📘🎄 4w

MaleficentBookDragon Happy Jólabókaflóð and Merry Christmas! 4w

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Gabe.DeCastro

The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary edition | Richard Dawkins

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The book “The Selfish Gene”, created by Richard Dawkins, is an award winning book about the understanding of natural selection and evolution. Richard Dawkins explains and describes how genes could be both selfish and altruistic, while providing basic context behind the information to better help the reader understand. The book is packed with knowledge about evolution and natural selection, even going as far as explaining life from the start.

Gabe.DeCastro The book goes in depth about evolution, genes, relationships, and animals. Richard Dawkins describes animals, plants, and microorganisms to be machines. Machines for genes to ensure for their survival. To ensure the continuity of the gene, the machines (the animal, plant, microorganisms) must be selfish in their own way. This selfishness is thoroughly explained throughout the book while also bringing up how machines could also altruistic. 1mo

Gabe.DeCastro The book is perfect for those who are interested in the thought of evolution and natural selection, as it explains the process and other scientific information that back it up. 1mo

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perfectlywinged

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

Mushrooms are cool!

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Darklunarose

Backyard Insects | Paul Horne, Denis Crawford

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I really enjoyed learning about some of the common insects that we find here. And learning some facts that I never know!

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bookwyrm7

The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time | Jonathan Weiner

Speaking about Darwin's Finches (on my last post), if anyone is interested in the theory of evolution and Darwin's work, you might enjoy the tagged book.
Now, it's been almost two decades since I've read this (and it was a translation) so I was very young then and I'm hoping the writing isn't actually as dry as I remember 😅
Still, it's an interesting book and I'd love to read it again soon.
#Naturalitsy
#WinterGames2024 #XmasChaCha +5pts

StayCurious, AllDebooks

StayCurious How interesting! 2mo

bookwyrm7 @StayCurious it is! I'll probably try to get the original next year and read it again 2mo

AllDebooks Thank you for the recommendation 😊 2mo

bookwyrm7 @AllDebooks 👍😊 2mo

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Darklunarose

Backyard Insects | Paul Horne, Denis Crawford