I didn't believe this at first, but someone has actually turned Richard Dawkin's The Selfish Gene into a musical. Don't believe me?
The book itself is about the idea of selection of genes and not necessarily individuals or species, as well as the evolution of altruism through "selfish" genes. In the musical, an Oxford professor teaches this to the audience by using the Adamson Family's daily struggles as an example.
I am soooooo happy about this, science needs more representation in the arts. Brian Cox does a good lecture on the subject. It is a fantastic book, and hopefully stuff like this can fight the general ignorance towards evolution.
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