Complex sentence: He is noted for starting the Williams revolution, presenting a gene-centric basis for biology with his 1966 book "Adaptation and Natural Selection" which was made even more explicit by Richard Dawkins' book "The Selfish Gene".
Split into simpler sentences: He is noted for being the first to explicitly advocate the gene-centric view of evolution, in his 1966 book "Adaptation and Natural Selection". This view was further popularised by Richard Dawkins' book "The Selfish Gene".