Matt Ridley
Author of Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
About the Author
Matt Ridley is the author of several award-winning books, including Genome, The Agile Gene, and The Red Queen, which have sold more than 800,000 copies in twenty-seven languages worldwide. He lives in England.
Image credit: © 2005 Matt Ridley
Works by Matt Ridley
Associated Works
This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking (2012) — Contributor — 792 copies
What Is Your Dangerous Idea? Today's Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable (1914) — Contributor — 627 copies
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- Canonical name
- Ridley, Matt
- Legal name
- Ridley, Matthew White, 5th Viscount
- Birthdate
- 1958-02-07
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
England - Birthplace
- Northumberland, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK
Blagdon Hall, Northumberland, England, UK - Education
- Eton College
Magdalen College, University of Oxford (BA|1978|Ph.D|1983 - Zoology) - Occupations
- journalist
business executive
science writer
Member of the House of Lords - Relationships
- Hurlbert, Anya (wife)
- Organizations
- House of Lords
The Economist
Daily Telegraph
Sunday Telegraph
The Times - Awards and honors
- National Academies Book Award (2004)
Glaxo science writer's award for best science article (1983)
Fellow, Royal Society of Literature (1999)
Fellow, Academy of Medical Sciences (2004)
Deputy Lieutenant (2007)
Bledisloe Gold Medal (2015) (show all 9)
Hayek Prize (2011)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2013)
Julian L. Simon award (2012)
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Statistics
- Works
- 22
- Also by
- 6
- Members
- 10,338
- Popularity
- #2,298
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 145
- ISBNs
- 203
- Languages
- 21
- Favorited
- 28