Matt Ridley

37 books

The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation by Matt Ridley

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

Matt Ridley

265 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing by Lewis Thomas, Richard Gregory, Francis Crick, Sydney Brenner, J.B.S. Haldane, George Gaylord Simpson, Arthur Stanley Eddington, Jonathan Kingdon, Nikolaas Tinbergen, Matt Ridley, Edward O. Wilson, Ronald A. Fisher, Robert Trivers, Loren Eiseley, Alister Hardy, Steven Pinker, David Lack, Jacob Bronowski, Freeman Dyson, Maitland Armstrong Edey, Fred Hoyle, Peter Atkins, D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, James Watson, Stephen Jay Gould, Richard E. Leakey, Roger Lewin, Mark Ridley, Lewis Wolpert, Colin Blakemore, John Maynard Smith, John Tyler Bonner, Steve Jones, Richard Fortey, George C. Williams, Max F. Perutz, Martin J. Rees, Jared Diamond, Oliver Sacks, Theodosius Dobzhansky, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Richard Dawkins, P.B. Medawar, George Gamow, Rachel Carson, Helena Cronin, C.P. Snow, Donald C. Johanson, James Hopwood Jeans, Barbara Gamow, Nicholas Humphrey

The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing

Lewis Thomas, Richard Gregory, Francis Crick, Sydney Brenner, J.B.S. Haldane, George Gaylord Simpson, Arthur Stanley Eddington, Jonathan Kingdon, Nikolaas Tinbergen, Matt Ridley, Edward O. Wilson, Ronald A. Fisher, Robert Trivers, Loren Eiseley, Alister Hardy, Steven Pinker, David Lack, Jacob Bronowski, Freeman Dyson, Maitland Armstrong Edey, Fred Hoyle, Peter Atkins, D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, James Watson, Stephen Jay Gould, Richard E. Leakey, Roger Lewin, Mark Ridley, Lewis Wolpert, Colin Blakemore, John Maynard Smith, John Tyler Bonner, Steve Jones, Richard Fortey, George C. Williams, Max F. Perutz, Martin J. Rees, Jared Diamond, Oliver Sacks, Theodosius Dobzhansky, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Richard Dawkins, P.B. Medawar, George Gamow, Rachel Carson, Helena Cronin, C.P. Snow, Donald C. Johanson, James Hopwood Jeans, Barbara Gamow, Nicholas Humphrey

419 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction essays science challenging informative slow-paced
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves by Matt Ridley

The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves

Matt Ridley

448 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction economics history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley

The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature

Matt Ridley

405 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
This Explains Everything: Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works by John Brockman

This Explains Everything: Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works

Edge Question

John Brockman

411 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Viral: The Search for the Origin of Covid-19 by Matt Ridley, Alina Chan

Viral: The Search for the Origin of Covid-19

Matt Ridley, Alina Chan

416 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction politics science informative medium-paced
(The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves ) Author: Matt Ridley May-2010 by Matt Ridley, Matt Ridley
(The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves ) Author: Matt Ridley May-2010
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Matt Ridley, Matt Ridley

(The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves ) Author: Matt Ridley May-2010

Matt Ridley, Matt Ridley

440 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction economics history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Bourgeois Dignity by Deirdre Nansen McCloskey
Bourgeois Dignity
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Deirdre Nansen McCloskey

Bourgeois Dignity

Deirdre Nansen McCloskey

73 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

Climate Change: The Facts 2017 by Peter Ridd, Roy W. Spencer, Matt Ridley, Craig D. Idso, Bjørn Lomborg, Jo Nova, Jennifer Marohasy, Anthony Watts, Willie Soon, Clive James

Climate Change: The Facts 2017

Peter Ridd, Roy W. Spencer, Matt Ridley, Craig D. Idso, Bjørn Lomborg, Jo Nova, Jennifer Marohasy, Anthony Watts, Willie Soon, Clive James

416 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative medium-paced
Do Humankind's Best Days Lie Ahead?: The Munk Debates by Matt Ridley, Alain de Botton, Steven Pinker, Malcolm Gladwell

Do Humankind's Best Days Lie Ahead?: The Munk Debates

Matt Ridley, Alain de Botton, Steven Pinker, Malcolm Gladwell

128 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy politics science informative reflective slow-paced