books by Matt Ridley

books by Matt Ridley

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Matt Ridley

The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature

Matt Ridley

Harper Perennial, 2003

Superb Book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This book gives us a glimpse of our true nature. It explains us many urges that we have and destroys many myths that we have. Matt Ridley have made a significant contribution toward mankind. Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Down to Earth II (Studies on the Environment) (Studies on the Environment)

Matt Ridley

Abm Komers, 1996

Son of Mr. Green Genes
I very much enjoyed reading this second collection of articles from Mr. Ridley's now defunct column about the cant and hyperbole published by many of the so-callled green and environmental campaigners. Mr. Ridley writes in a refreshing, fun way about serious issues ...

The Agile Gene: How Nature Turns on Nurture

Matt Ridley

Harper Perennial, 2004

Nature through Nurture through Nature in an Endless Series of Adaptations
Note: This book was originally published as "Nature via Nurture." Ridley is a journalist with an impeccable and broad understanding of "sociobiology." He is capable of distilling a broad array of sociobiological phenomena so that the layman can grasp what science is ...

Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Code (Eminent Lives) (rough edge)

Matt Ridley

Eminent Lives, 2006

The laughing giant
If anything typified Francis Crick's work style, it was his quest for cooperation. The "Watson-Crick" team has so dominated the literature of DNA research, that a view of Crick as an individual is a rare sight. Matt Ridley has admirably filled in that lack with this ...

Genome The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
Matt Ridley

Recorded Books, 2001

Focusing on newly discovered genes from each of the 23 different human chromosomes, best-selling author Matt Ridley highlights some of the most recent scientific breakthroughs toward decoding the human genomethe book found in each of our cells that tells the story of who we are. Through the brushstrokes of each new chromosome, a wonderful portrait ...

Down to Earth: A Contrarian View of Environmental Problems (Studies on the Environment)

Matt Ridley

Iea Environment Unit, 1995

Mary, Mary quite contrary, how does your garden grow?
As a boy I grew up in a part of Sunderland called Southwick where terraced houses were only a short walk away from shipyards, a coal mine and local telephone factories. As a teenager I moved to a suburb called Penshaw where the skyline was dominated by a replica of a ...

The Best American Science Writing 2002 (Best American Science Writing)

Matt Ridley, Alan Lightman

Harper Perennial, 2002

More! More!
These essays are phenomenal- all intriguing and all lingering in our minds well after reading. Science writing is an art I particularly relish. The math is gone- and that's good- indeed all of the qualifiers for a scientific career or training are reduced to one- ...

The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation

Matt Ridley

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1998

Good evolutionary explantion of cooperation
The subject is cooperation and its evolutionary origins. Fascinating dicussion of reciprocal altruism which is illustrated with games like the Prisoner's Dilema. He introduces the perhaps surprising idea that there are versions of the Prisoner's Dilema where slightly ...

Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters (P.S.)

Matt Ridley

Harper Perennial, 2006

Great Read, Interesting Primer on Our Genes
This is a wonderful read as: science, non-fiction generally, and as a primer on our genes, what they do, and how they work. I find Ridley to be one of the best science writers for the general public and this book is no exception. Ridley leads us on an interesting ...

Alphabet des Lebens. Die Geschichte des menschlichen Genoms.
Matt Ridley

Claassen Verlag, 2000

The DNA behind human nature: gene expression and the role of experience.: An article from: Daedalus
Matt Ridley

American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2004

This digital document is an article from Daedalus, published by American Academy of Arts and Sciences on September 22, 2004. The length of the article is 5716 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. ...

EL ORIGEN DEL SIDA.(TT: The origin of AIDS.): An article from: Letras Libres
Matt Ridley

Editorial Vuelta, S.A. de C.V., 2000

This digital document is an article from Letras Libres, published by Editorial Vuelta, S.A. de C.V. on September 1, 2000. The length of the article is 3884 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. ...