The Theory of Evolution

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The Theory of Evolution
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Author Maynard Smith, John
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Subject(s) Evolutionary biology
Genre(s) Science
Publisher Penguin Books (1958 edition), Cambridge University Press (1993 edition)
Publication date 1958, 1993
Media type Hardcover, Paperback
ISBN 0-14-020433-4 (1958 edition), ISBN 0-521-45128-0 (1993 edition)

The Theory of Evolution is a book by English evolutionary biologist and geneticist John Maynard Smith, originally published in 1958. It serves as a general introduction to the eponymous subject, intended to be accessible to those with little technical knowledge of the area. It has been highly successful, considered by many as the definitive publication of its type.[1] The original version was updated several times, and a Canto edition, with a forward by Richard Dawkins, and newly-written introduction by the author, was published in 1993.

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