Richard Dawkins is a prominent British biologist and the author of the meme theory. His brilliant books have played a huge role in reviving interest in popular science literature. Clarity of presentation, humor, and iron logic make even Dawkins' strictly scientific works accessible to a wide range of readers. "The Extended Phenotype" develops the ideas of his famous book "The Selfish Gene" (1976), where evolution and natural selection are considered from the point of view of gene competition. These ideas, which caused heated controversy, have already firmly entered scientific circulation, and "The Extended Phenotype" is rightfully considered one of the most important books in modern evolutionary biology.