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Title: Why 'popular science' is 'popular'
Review: 'The Selfish Gene' is the perfect book for the layperson if he or she wants to come to grips with modern evolutionary theory. For a start, it is clear and easy to follow. Secondly, it is highly interesting and educational, and it constantly kept me turning the pages to find out more. This book explains what the 'survival of the fittest' is really all about - with life as we know it perhaps really only being a matter of the genes' own survival. It is another one of those books from which you both learn and retain a lot of information. With some nice explanations - including a thorough discussion on 'The Prisoners' Dilemma', an almost sociological look at possible balances of 'selfish' Vs 'altruistic' genes, and other such things that you can take away to discuss with your friends - this is definitely the right book for anyone interested in popular science. It is also the book for anyone who is still in doubt as to how 'science' could ever be termed 'popular'.
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