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The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection: A Complete Variorum Edition (Hardcover)

by R. A. Fisher (Author), Henry Bennett (Editor) "THAT Charles Darwin accepted the fusion or blending theory of inheritance, just as all men accept many of the undisputed beliefs of their time, is..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 318 pages
  • Publisher: OUP Oxford; New Ed edition (21 Oct 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0198504403
  • ISBN-13: 978-0198504405
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 377,051 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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W.D Hamilton FRS, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford
"For a book that I rate only second in importance within evolution theory to Darwin's "Origin" as joined with its supplement, "Descent of Man", and as, in my opinion, undoubtedly one of the greatest books of the present century..."

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For a book that I rate only second in importance within evolution theory to Darwin's "Origin" as joined with its supplement, "Descent of Man", and as, in my opinion, undoubtedly one of the greatest books of the present century, the appearance of a variorum version of the Genetical Theory of Natural Selection is a major event ... In some ways some of us have overtaken Fisher; in many, however, this brilliant, daring man is still far in front. (W.D Hamilton FRS, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford )

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5.0 out of 5 stars Difficult work of genius, 3 Sep 2006
This book is not for the feint-hearted. It is written almost in a style that defies the reader to understand it. Each sentence must be read, comtemplated, and then re-read again. Richard Dawkins this is not.

If you can perservere to understand though, you get to see into the mind of a genius. This is the defining book of the modern evolutionary synthesis, written by its most important architect.

The later chapters on class-based eugenics are rather dark and disturbing, though they may be read if one distances oneself by imagining it applying to a species of sci-fi aliens.
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