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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.
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We are taught that the world is a top-down place. Acclaimed author, Matt Ridley, shows just how wrong this is in his compelling new book. This is about bottom-up order and its enemy, the top-down twitch, the endless fascination human beings have for design rather than evolution, for direction rather than emergence. Although we neglect, defy and ignore them, bottom-up trends still shape the world.
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- ÉditeurFourth Estate Ltd
- Date d'édition2015
- ISBN 10 0007542496
- ISBN 13 9780007542499
- ReliureBroché
- Nombre de pages400
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Description du livre Paperback. Etat : Very Good. 400 pages. We are taught that the world is a top-down place. Acclaimed author, Matt Ridley, shows just how wrong this is in hi s compelling new book. We are taught that the world is a top-down place. Generals win battles; politicians run countries; scientis ts discover truths; artists create genres; inventors make breakth roughs; teachers shape minds; philosophers change minds; priests teach morality; businessmen lead businesses; environmentalists sa ve the planet. Not just individuals, but institutions too: Goldma n Sachs, the Communist Party, the Catholic Church, Al Qaeda - the se are said to shape the world. This is more often wrong than ri ght. 'The Evolution of Everything' is about bottom-up order and i ts enemy, the top-down twitch, the endless fascination human bein gs have for design rather than evolution, for direction rather th an emergence. Top downery is the source of most of our worst prob lems in the past - why Hitler won an election, why the sub-prime bubble happened, why Africa lingered in poverty when Asia did not , why the euro is a disaster - and will be the scourge of this ce ntury too. And although we neglect, defy and ignore them, bottom -up trends still shape the world. The growth of technology, the s anitation-driven health revolution, the quadrupling of farm yield s so that more land could be released for nature - these were lar gely emergent phenomena. So was the internet, the mobile phone re volution and the rise of Asia. In this wide-ranging, highly opin ionated non-fiction narrative, Ridley draws on anecdotes from sci ence, economics, history, politics and philosophy and examples dr awn from the scientific literature, from historical narratives an d from personal anecdotes. N° de réf. du vendeur 1053q
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Description du livre Paperback. We are taught that the world is a top-down place. Acclaimed author, Matt Ridley, shows just how wrong this is in his compelling new book. We are taught that the world is a top-down place. Generals win battles; politicians run countries; scientists discover truths; artists create genres; inventors make breakthroughs; teachers shape minds; philosophers change minds; priests teach morality; businessmen lead businesses; environmentalists save the planet. Not just individuals, but institutions too: Goldman Sachs, the Communist Party, the Catholic Church, Al Qaeda - these are said to shape the world. This is more often wrong than right. 'Tear Down the Sky Hooks' is about bottom-up order and its enemy, the top-down twitch, the endless fascination human beings have for design rather than evolution, for direction rather than emergence. Top downery is the source of most of our worst problems in the past - why Hitler won an election, why the sub-prime bubble happened, why Africa lingered in poverty when Asia did not, why the euro is a disaster - and will be the scourge of this century too. And although we neglect, defy and ignore them, bottom-up trends still shape the world. The growth of technology, the sanitation-driven health revolution, the quadrupling of farm yields so that more land could be released for nature - these were largely emergent phenomena. So was the internet, the mobile phone revolution and the rise of Asia. In this wide-ranging, highly opinionated non-fiction narrative, Ridley draws on anecdotes from science, economics, history, politics and philosophy and examples drawn from the scientific literature, from historical narratives and from personal anecdotes. N° de réf. du vendeur 23014057
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