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
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?
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?
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.
From intelligence to emotion, for centuries science has told us that men and women are fundamentally different. But this is not the whole story.
From intelligence to emotion, for centuries science has told us that men and women are fundamentally different. But this is not the whole story.
‘If there is one dominant myth about the world, one huge mistake we all make … it is that we all go around assuming the world is much more of a planned place than it is.’
‘If there is one dominant myth about the world, one huge mistake we all make … it is that we all go around assuming the world is much more of a planned place than it is.’
Steve Jones’s highly acclaimed, double prize-winning, bestselling first book is now fully revised to cover all the new genetic breakthroughs from GM food to Dolly the sheep. ’An essential sightseer’s guide to our own genetic terrain.’ Peter Tallack, Sunday Telegraph
