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Matt Ridley

Born February 7, 1958

Matthew White Ridley, 5th Viscount Ridley, commonly known as Matt Ridley, is a British science writer, journalist and businessman. He writes on science, the environment and economics, and has been a regular contributor to The Times newspaper. Ridley was chairman of the UK bank Northern Rock from 2004 to 2007, during which period it experienced the first run on a British bank in 130 years. He resigned, and the bank was bailed out by the UK government; this led to its nationalisation. Source : Wikipedia

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Birds, Sex and Beauty: The Extraordinary Implications of Charles Darwin's Strangest Idea

Birds, Sex and Beauty: The Extraordinary Implications of Charles Darwin's Strangest Idea

2025
Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19

Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19

2021

with Alina Chan

How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom

How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom

2020
How Innovation Works And Why It Flourishes in Freedom

How Innovation Works And Why It Flourishes in Freedom

2020
Do Humankind's Best Days Lie Ahead?

Do Humankind's Best Days Lie Ahead?

2016

with Steven Pinker, Alain de Botton and Malcolm Gladwell

The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge

The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge

2015
The Evolution of Everything: How Ideas Emerge

The Evolution of Everything: How Ideas Emerge

2015
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves

The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves

2010
Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Code

Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Code

2006
Nature Via Nurture: Genes, Experience and What Makes Us Human

Nature Via Nurture: Genes, Experience and What Makes Us Human

2003
The Agile Gene

The Agile Gene

2003
Genome: the Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters

Genome: the Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters

1999
The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation

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

1997
The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature

The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature

1993