Matt Ridley

The Origins of Virtue is a 1996 popular science book by Matt Ridley, which has been recognised as a classic in its field. In the book, Ridley explores the issues surrounding the development of human morality. The book, written from a sociobiological viewpoint, explores how genetics can be used to explain certain …

Nature Via Nurture: Genes, Experience, and What Makes us Human is a 2003 book written by Matt Ridley that discusses the interaction between environment and genes and how they affect human development. It has been republished as The Agile Gene: How Nature Turns on Nurture.

Referring to Lewis Carroll's Red Queen from Through the Looking-Glass, a character who has to keep running to stay in the same place, Matt Ridley demonstrates why sex is humanity's best strategy for outwitting its constantly mutating internal predators. The Red Queen answers dozens of other riddles of human nature and …

Le vulgarisateur scientifique Matt Ridley a trouvé le moyen d'évoquer une histoire qui appartient à d'autres sans être accusé de plagiat. Génome nous plonge au cœur de notre corps (mais aussi, pour être tout à fait exact, de celui de l'auteur) à la recherche des informations mises à jour par le "Projet génome humain". …