MATT RIDLEY

'Matthew (Matt) Ridley, DL' (born February 7, 1958 at Newcastle upon Tyne) is an English science writer. He received a doctorate in zoology from the University of Oxford before commencing a career in science journalism. Ridley worked as a science correspondent for The Economist and The Daily Telegraph.^[1] He is the author of several acclaimed works of science popularization:

★ 1994 ''The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature''

★ 1997 ''The Origins of Virtue'': Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation

★ 1999 ''Genome'': The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters

★ 2003 '', also later released under the title ''The Agile Gene: How Nature Turns on Nurture'' in 2004

★ 2006 ''Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Code'' published in the U.S. on June 2006, September 2006 in the UK. The book is part of the new "Eminent Lives" series, published by HarperCollins.
In these books Ridley explains the ideas that have grown out of the gene revolution in biology. In his commentary, Ridley is relatively unabashed in revealing his personal commitment to a libertarian philosophy, in contrast to Richard Dawkins, who holds similar positions on the gene-centered view of evolution and atheism, but favours social democracy.
Ridley also edited ''The Best American Science Writing 2002'', one of a series of annual science writing anthologies edited by Jesse Cohen. He was the first chairman of the International Centre for Life, a science park in Newcastle.
Ridley is married to the neuroscientist Anya Hurlbert and lives in England; he has a son (Matthew, born 1993) and a daughter (Iris, born 1997).¹

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1. Matt Ridley's C.V.

External links

★ Listen to Matt Ridley's talk on Francis Crick.

★ Matt Ridley's website

★ Ridley interviewed for Massive Change Radio in January 2004

★ Biography page on Edge.org

★ Matt Ridley, "We've never had it so good - and it's all thanks to science," ''The Guardian'', 3 April 2003. Article in newspaper.