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World Service,23 Mar 2006,22 mins

Thirty years of The Selfish Gene

Science In Action

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"Best-selling science book of shocking simplicity" – the 30th anniversary of The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins. Why does the number of women physicists remain so low? New prediction about the rise in sea level shows how fast the science of global warming is moving.

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