The Meme Machine (Popular Science)

Humans are extraordinary creatures, with the unique ability among animals to imitate and so copy from one another ideas, habits, skills, behaviours, inventions, songs, and stories. These are all memes, a term first coined by Richard Dawkins in 1976 in his book The Selfish Gene. Memes, like genes, are replicators, and this enthralling book is an investigation of whether this link between genes and memes can lead to important discoveries about the nature of the inner self. Confronting the deepest questions about our inner selves, with all our emotions, memories, beliefs, and decisions, Susan Blackmore makes a compelling case for the theory that the inner self is merely an illusion created by the memes for the sake of replication.

Title - The Meme Machine (Popular Science)

Edition -

Author - Susan Blackmore

ISBN 13 - 9780192862129

Imprint - Oxford University Press

Publisher - Oxford University Press

Date Published - 16/03/2000

Prize -

No. of pages - 288

Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 127 x 196 x 18mm

Weight - 215 g

Languages - English