The legendary work of Richard Dawkins, largely continuing and expanding the ideas of his foundational work "The Selfish Gene." One of the most vivid and fascinating books by the world-renowned scientist. "The Extended Phenotype" was published in 1982, but over the decades it has not only remained relevant, but rather has become an absolute classic of popular science literature. The term "extended phenotype" itself suggests that genes exert much greater influence both on their carrier and on the entire world around them. For example, complex webs spun by spiders are not just a product of instinct; they are encoded in their genes and can be considered an extended phenotype. Similarly, the parasitic manipulation of host behavior by some insects, such as how a parasitic wasp can influence a caterpillar to protect its pupae, is also an example of an extended phenotype.