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

Intoxicating and astonishing: Why 'The Selfish Gene' almost never was
New Scientist Wednesday 20 May 2026, 14:00 UTC 1 min read
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Fifty years ago, a draft of Richard Dawkins’s first book landed on book editor Michael Rodgers’s desk – and life was never the same

Fifty years ago, a draft of Richard Dawkins’s first book landed on book editor Michael Rodgers’s desk – and life was never the same
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