‘teeming with fascinating and enlightening insights’ OBSERVER
‘Plant lovers will find much of interest in Schlanger’s inspiring tale of where her curious mind has led her’ NATURE
‘Captivating’ THE GUARDIAN
‘It’s rare that you read a book that makes you want to grab people to tell them what it’s about, but this is one of them’ DAILY MAIL
In his new book, acclaimed science writer Matt Ridley looks to the peculiar mating rituals of birds to better understand the rich origins and ongoing significance of Darwin’s sexual selection theory.
‘FASCINATING’ The Times
In his new book, acclaimed science writer Matt Ridley looks to the peculiar mating rituals of birds to better understand the rich origins and ongoing significance of Darwin’s sexual selection theory.
‘FASCINATING’ The Times
In his new book, acclaimed science writer Matt Ridley looks to the peculiar mating rituals of birds to better understand the rich origins and ongoing significance of Darwin’s sexual selection theory.
‘FASCINATING’ The Times
‘teeming with fascinating and enlightening insights’ OBSERVER
‘Plant lovers will find much of interest in Schlanger’s inspiring tale of where her curious mind has led her’ NATURE
‘Captivating’ THE GUARDIAN
‘It’s rare that you read a book that makes you want to grab people to tell them what it’s about, but this is one of them’ DAILY MAIL
‘teeming with fascinating and enlightening insights’ OBSERVER
‘Plant lovers will find much of interest in Schlanger’s inspiring tale of where her curious mind has led her’ NATURE
‘Captivating’ THE GUARDIAN
‘It’s rare that you read a book that makes you want to grab people to tell them what it’s about, but this is one of them’ DAILY MAIL
How have our emotions shaped the course of human history?
And how have our experience and understanding of emotions evolved with us?
How have our emotions shaped the course of human history?
And how have our experience and understanding of emotions evolved with us?
Understanding how Covid-19 started is more important than we know for the future of humankind.
Determining whether the virus came from nature or from a lab will help us to safeguard against the next pandemic.
Understanding how Covid-19 started is more important than we know for the future of humankind.
Determining whether the virus came from nature or from a lab will help us to safeguard against the next pandemic.
How have our emotions shaped the course of human history?
And how have our experience and understanding of emotions evolved with us?
How have our emotions shaped the course of human history?
And how have our experience and understanding of emotions evolved with us?
How have our emotions shaped the course of human history?
And how have our experience and understanding of emotions evolved with us?
A startling book, his most personal to date, from Philip Hoare, co-curator of the Moby-Dick Big Read and winner of the 2009 Samuel Johnson Prize for ‘Leviathan’.
Building on his bestseller The Rational Optimist, Matt Ridley chronicles the history of innovation, and how we need to change our thinking on the subject.
‘Locked-in syndrome: paralysed from head to toe, the patient, his mind intact, is imprisoned inside his own body, unable to speak or move. In my case, blinking my left eyelid is my only means of communication.’
