The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves Paperback English by Matt Ridley - 40634
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| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| ISBN 13 | 9780007267125 |
| ISBN 10 | 7267126 |
| Book Subtitle | How Prosperity Evolves |
| Book Description | Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction 2011. Life is on the up. We are wealthier, healthier, happier, kinder, cleaner, more peaceful, more equal and longer-lived than any previous generation. Thanks to the unique human habits of exchange and specialisation, our species has found innovative solutions to every obstacle it has faced so far. In `The Rational Optimist', acclaimed science writer Matt Ridley comprehensively refutes the doom-mongers of our time, and reaches back into the past to give a rational explanation for why we can - and will - overcome the challenges of the future, such as climate change and the population boom. Bold and controversial, it is a brilliantly confident assertion that the 21st century will be the best for humankind yet. |
| Editorial Review | `A triumphant blast on the vuvuzela of common sense' Boris Johnson `A glorious defence of our species... a devastating rebuke to humanity's self-haters' Sunday Times `No other book has argued with such brilliance against the automatic pessimism that prevails' Ian McEwan `His theory is, in a way, the glorious offspring that would result if Charles Darwin's ideas were mated with those of Adam Smith' The Economist `Original, clever and controversial' Guardian `As a work of bold historical positivity it is to be welcomed. At every point cheerfulness keeps breaking through' The Times |
| About the Author | Matt Ridley received his BA and D. Phil at Oxford researching the evolution of behaviour. He has been science editor, Washington correspondent and American editor of The Economist. He is the author of bestselling titles The Red Queen (1993), The Origins of Virtue (1996), Genome (1999) and Nature via Nurture (2003). His books have sold over half a million copies, been translated into 25 languages and been shortlisted for six literary prizes. In 2004 he won the National Academies Book Award from the US National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine for Nature via Nurture. In 2007 Matt won the Davis Prize from the US History of Science Society for Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Code. He is married to the neuroscientist Professor Anya Hurlbert. |
| Language | English |
| Author | Matt Ridley |
| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 40634 |
| Number of Pages | 464 |
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