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Matt Ridley
Matt Ridley's books have been shortlisted for six literary awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (for Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters). His most recent book, The Agile Gene: How Nature Turns on Nurture, won the award for the best science book published in 2003... show more

Matt Ridley's books have been shortlisted for six literary awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (for Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters). His most recent book, The Agile Gene: How Nature Turns on Nurture, won the award for the best science book published in 2003 from the National Academies of Science. He has been a scientist, a journalist, and a national newspaper columnist, and is the chairman of the International Centre for Life, in Newcastle, England. Matt Ridley is also a visiting professor at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York.
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Birth date: February 07, 1958
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Tolle Lege!.
Tolle Lege!. rated it 11 years ago
A series of essays that read like an ode to science. Good poetry makes you feel your way to understanding, and these essays let you understand by feeling and just gives enough to whet you curiosity on the topic and give you further ideas for further listening.This book would make a great first scien...
Owlriginal
Owlriginal rated it 11 years ago
В русском издании попадаются ошибки, опечатки, а также присутствует весьма странный терминологический словарь - перечисление терминов без указания соответствующих страниц. Саму книгу в наших магазинах почему-то ставят на полку психологии, что меня весьма удивляет после ознакомления с содержимым: на ...
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 11 years ago
bookshelves: essays, gr-library, nonfiction, published-2013, environmental-issues, tbr-busting-2014, winter-20132014, sciences, psychology, under-500-ratings, next, abandoned, skim-through Read on February 24, 2013 Arrogant title, let see what it delivers! 1. EVOLUTION BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTI...
ashurtech
ashurtech rated it 12 years ago
Essentially a compilation of short articles by eminent scientists & academics about their favourite deep & elegant theories. There's a lot of ground covered from physics to sociology, so there's probably something of interest for everyone.
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 12 years ago
Arrogant title, let see what it delivers!
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