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Matt Ridley argues that people should be optimistic about the 21st Century because it will be more prosperous than prior centuries. He says that this advancement is due to the nature of huma…

Matt Ridley talked about his biography, Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Code, published by Eminent Lives. Mr. Ridley described the life of theorist and scientist Francis Crick. Cric…

Matt Ridley discussed his book about the origins of human behavior, Nature Via Nurture: Genes, Experience, and What Makes Us Human, from HarperCollins. Published fifty years after the dis…

Moderated by President Baltimore, authors discussed their books on gene mapping and the possibility of evolutionary design in humans and the cosmos. After their presentations they answered a…

Mr. Ridley, author of Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters, published by HarperCollins, and Mr. Baltimore held an on-stage conversation. They discussed current genetic resea…

Mr. Ridley talked about his book Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters, published by HarperCollins. He explained the Human Genome Project and the implications of genetic rese…