Author
Matt Ridley
Science Writer and Journalist
Matt Ridley is a British science writer and journalist who writes about evolution, genetics and the economics of innovation. Genome told the story of the human species one chromosome at a time, taking a single gene from each, and The Rational Optimist argued that exchange and specialisation, rather than any single invention, are what made human prosperity compound. He trained as a zoologist and has been a regular contributor to The Times.
