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The Selfish Gene is incredible. I definitely consider it an S-tier work in popular science.
The World of Mathematics
Trust me, it's awesome.
I'll check it out.
It's about math, so is the Selfish Gene, btw. Most of that book is verbalizing game theory and systems of ordinary differential equations.
The series I recommended is also mostly written essays, from all throughout history, describing how various problems were solved mathematically.
Dawkin is a great writer. He really helped me to get evolution to click in my mind. Before that, I just had that vague notion of survival of the fittest. It's good to understand how well developed the theory of evolution is.
Dawkin is an awful atheist zealot. I am an atheist myself, but his crusade against believers is pathetic IMHO. In doing so, he becomes what he's preaching against: a dogmatic person without room for discussion. I say this even when I factually agree with all his ideas, if that makes sense.
Don't remember if i did. It was a while ago. I think i only read books aimed at the general audience on this topic.
Coincidentally, I just finished one of Dawkins' books called "The Selfish Gene", I really enjoyed it.