"Extended phenotype" - one of the best books of the famous scientist and prominent popularizer of science Richard Dawkins The author himself said this about her in the foreword to the second edition: “I think that most scientists most authors have some one publication about which they would say: it is not terrible if you have never read my works except “this”, but “this” please read .. For me, such work is “Extended phenotype” .. In addition to the presentation of an interesting scientific doctrine , as well as a very broad review of the works of other evolutionary researchers, The book is important for its deeply materialistic philosophical and worldview position ,. rightly noted and highly appreciated in the afterword by the professional philosopher Daniel Dennett.