The selfish gene is a book on evolutionary biology the book was written by richard dawkins the author contradicts the theory generated in the 1960’s by biologists, which says that evolution depends on the organism and its group through this book the author explains the human aspects of altruism and kindnessrichard dawkins has coined many new terms and theories in this book, regarding genes and has completely revolutionised biology through his findings he gives an example saying that the gene responsible for the fight against the disease improves the chances of its own replication, and also passes on to the newer generationswith more concepts regarding evolution, genes, altruism the selfish gene is a book with new ideas the book was published by oxford university press in 2007, and is available in paperback key features: the book provides a different view about evolution using a gene-centric view, and the author states that the genes drive evolutionthe book has sold over a million cop