The Selfish Gene

1976 essay by Richard Dawkins
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The Selfish Gene

Summary

The Selfish Gene is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.44% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,384 views/month, #28 of 6,426).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Selfish Gene authored Richard Dawkins[3].
  • The Selfish Gene's instance of is recorded as written work[4].
  • The Selfish Gene's genre is recorded as essay[5].
  • The Selfish Gene's followed by is recorded as The Extended Phenotype[6].
  • The Selfish Gene's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 180606446[7].
  • The Selfish Gene's GND ID is recorded as 7569908-4[8].
  • The Selfish Gene's OCLC number is recorded as 2681149[9].
  • The Selfish Gene's OCLC number is recorded as 174359233[10].
  • The Selfish Gene's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • The Selfish Gene's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[12].
  • The Selfish Gene's publication date is recorded as +1976-01-01T00:00:00Z[13].
  • The Selfish Gene's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c1f9[14].
  • The Selfish Gene's Open Library ID is recorded as OL1966488W[15].
  • The Selfish Gene's Internet Archive ID is recorded as selfishgene00dawk[16].
  • The Selfish Gene's Internet Archive ID is recorded as selfishgene00dawkrich[17].
  • The Selfish Gene's has edition or translation is recorded as Q66629361[18].
  • The Selfish Gene's has edition or translation is recorded as Q113612091[19].
  • The Selfish Gene's main subject is recorded as evolutionary biology[20].
  • The Selfish Gene's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 23538[21].
  • The Selfish Gene's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/The-Selfish-Gene[22].
  • The Selfish Gene's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Selfish Gene'}[23].
  • The Selfish Gene's BBC Things ID is recorded as 5c9fa884-8273-4da3-9fd3-4be15d04f136[24].
  • The Selfish Gene's PhilPapers topic is recorded as the-selfish-gene[25].
  • The Selfish Gene's PhilPapers topic is recorded as selfish-gene[26].
  • The Selfish Gene's Quora topic ID is recorded as The-Selfish-Gene-1976-book[27].

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Designation and Status

The Selfish Gene's instance of is recorded as written work[4].

Why It Matters

The Selfish Gene ranks in the top 0.44% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,384 views/month, #28 of 6,426).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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  22. [24] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] . Quora. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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