{"id":2617,"date":"2017-10-29T19:53:51","date_gmt":"2017-10-29T14:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/?p=2617"},"modified":"2017-10-29T19:53:52","modified_gmt":"2017-10-29T14:23:52","slug":"the-selfish-gene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/the-selfish-gene\/","title":{"rendered":"The Selfish Gene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/the-selfish-gene\/gene\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2618\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2618\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/the-selfish-gene\/gene\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/gene.jpg?fit=1066%2C800\" data-orig-size=\"1066,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"gene\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/gene.jpg?fit=800%2C600\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2618\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/gene.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/gene.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/gene.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/gene.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2zgiyWU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Selfish Gene<\/a> is written by Richard Dawkins. It is one of the most recommended book written on subject of evolution. The book is very repetitive and thats makes it almost boring after sometime.<\/p>\n<p>Dawkins approaches genetics in a language easy for most people to be able to understand without sacrificing too much of the science. The book is long and slow to read so will take you average 7 to 10 days to complete it.<\/p>\n<p>Author emphasis a lot on Darwin theory of evolution. You can skip this book if you are not much in science fiction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Selfish Gene is written by Richard Dawkins. 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