The Cooperative Gene
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The Cooperative Gene is a popular science book by evolutionary biologist Mark Ridley that explores how cooperation and altruism can evolve through the principles of gene-centered evolution.
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| The Cooperative Gene canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6568324 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Cooperative Gene Context triple: [Mark Ridley, notableWork, The Cooperative Gene]
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A.
Coalescent
Coalescent is a science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter that explores themes of human evolution, secret societies, and deep time through a multigenerational narrative.
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B.
The Complexity of Cooperation
The Complexity of Cooperation is a scholarly work by Avi Wigderson that explores how ideas from computational complexity theory illuminate strategic behavior, game theory, and cooperative problem-solving.
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C.
Double Helix: The First Virtue
"Double Helix: The First Virtue" is a Star Trek: The Next Generation tie-in novel by Michael Kube-McDowell that launches the "Double Helix" miniseries with a storyline involving a deadly engineered plague.
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D.
Protogeneia
Protogeneia is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally regarded as the daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha and associated with the earliest generations of humankind after the great flood.
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The Theory of the Gene
The Theory of the Gene is a foundational 1926 book by geneticist Thomas Hunt Morgan that synthesized experimental evidence to establish chromosomes and genes as the physical basis of heredity.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Cooperative Gene Target entity description: The Cooperative Gene is a popular science book by evolutionary biologist Mark Ridley that explores how cooperation and altruism can evolve through the principles of gene-centered evolution.
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A.
Coalescent
Coalescent is a science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter that explores themes of human evolution, secret societies, and deep time through a multigenerational narrative.
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B.
The Complexity of Cooperation
The Complexity of Cooperation is a scholarly work by Avi Wigderson that explores how ideas from computational complexity theory illuminate strategic behavior, game theory, and cooperative problem-solving.
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C.
Double Helix: The First Virtue
"Double Helix: The First Virtue" is a Star Trek: The Next Generation tie-in novel by Michael Kube-McDowell that launches the "Double Helix" miniseries with a storyline involving a deadly engineered plague.
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D.
Protogeneia
Protogeneia is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally regarded as the daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha and associated with the earliest generations of humankind after the great flood.
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E.
The Theory of the Gene
The Theory of the Gene is a foundational 1926 book by geneticist Thomas Hunt Morgan that synthesized experimental evidence to establish chromosomes and genes as the physical basis of heredity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | popular science book ⓘ |
| aimsTo | make evolutionary theory accessible to non-specialists ⓘ |
| author | Mark Ridley ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| discussesConcept |
Darwinian evolution
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genetic conflict ⓘ selfish gene theory ⓘ |
| discussesPerson | Charles Darwin ⓘ |
| explainsConcept |
cooperation among genes
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evolution of social behavior ⓘ evolutionary game theory ⓘ inclusive fitness ⓘ kin selection ⓘ natural selection ⓘ reciprocal altruism ⓘ |
| field |
behavioral ecology
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evolutionary biology ⓘ sociobiology ⓘ |
| genre |
popular science
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science writing ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | gene-centered view of evolution ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
evolution of altruism
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how cooperation can evolve through natural selection ⓘ relationship between genes and behavior ⓘ |
| influencedBy | The Selfish Gene ⓘ |
| isAbout |
genetic basis of social behavior
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how genes can promote cooperative behaviors ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
altruism in evolution
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cooperation in evolution ⓘ evolutionary biology ⓘ gene-centered evolution ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general audience
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readers interested in evolution ⓘ |
| writtenBy |
evolutionary biologist Mark Ridley
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linked to:
Mark Ridley
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Cooperative Gene Description of subject: The Cooperative Gene is a popular science book by evolutionary biologist Mark Ridley that explores how cooperation and altruism can evolve through the principles of gene-centered evolution.
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