So although he notes that the biologists Richard Lewontin and Steven Rose were two of the rare voices who criticised The Selfish Gene on its widely acclaimed publication in 1976, he fails to discuss their arguments or his thoughts on them, other than to say that both came from the "political left".
But with the book's acclaimed publication, its appearance on the New York Times bestseller list and then the musical, all that changed.
Critically acclaimed on publication, the book was shortlisted for the Costa first novel award, as well as longlisted for the 2015 Guardian first book award and the 2016 Desmond Eliott prize.
The book was immediately acclaimed upon publication, a few months before Cummings' death, not only for providing a vivid insight into his passion for zoology and music but also as a poignant revelation of the sense of failure and thwarted ambitions of a sensitive yet objectively minded man.
The first issue was widely acclaimed in publications such as Publishers Weekly, MTV, Ain't it Cool News, Complex magazine, Comic Book Resources, iFanboy and ComicsAlliance; they all praised Vaughan's ability to incorporate elements of different genres, establishing the vast setting and mythology, and introducing characters that engaged the reader.
With more than 13 million monthly pageviews and over 1,000,000 monthly readers, Abby and her husband Tait have built Style Me Pretty into one of the most widely read bridal publications on the web with nods from the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, CBS Sunday Morning as well as highly acclaimed technical publications and wedding glossies alike.
Acclaimed upon its publication in Italy, the book, which centres on a murder mystery, arrives in the UK this week.
But, I said, hadn't his great novel, "A House for Mr. Biswas," been acclaimed on its publication?
Suez, a magisterial work cataloguing the tragedy of 1956, took him just three years to research and write, and was universally acclaimed on its publication in 1991.
I would rather it lay undead, but complete in the attic, than half finished in a folder on my Mac". The book was deservedly acclaimed on its publication and has since sold to ten countries.
UC also has received national media acclaim in publications such as New York Times, Forbes, and in television and radio news broadcasts.
