Matt Ridley je britský zoolog.
„Kdybychom neměli emoce, byli by z nás racionální idioti.“
Zdroj: [Lukavec, Jan, Petrák, Milan: Skrytá autorita. Iracionalita a dav v člověku (in MfD), iliteratura.cz, 2012-03-18, 2012-09-15, http://www.iliteratura.cz/Clanek/29685/petrak-milan-skryta-autorita-iracionalita-a-dav-v-cloveku-in-mfd]
Zdroj: The Red Queen (1993), Ch. 1. Human Nature
“Evolving is not a goal but a means to solving a problem.”
Zdroj: The Red Queen (1993), Ch. 2. The Enigma
“So sex equals genetic mixing.”
Zdroj: The Red Queen (1993), Ch. 2. The Enigma
“Determinism looks backwards to the causes of the present state, not forward to the consequences.”
Matt Ridley kniha Genome
Zdroj: Genome (1999), Chapter 22 “Free Will” (p. 307)
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Zdroj: Genome (1999), Chapter 10 “Stress” (p. 150)
Matt Ridley kniha Genome
Zdroj: Genome (1999), Chapter 7 “Instinct” (p. 91)
“That life is chemistry is true but boring, like saying that football is physics.”
Matt Ridley kniha Genome
Zdroj: Genome (1999), Chapter 1 “Life” (p. 15)
Matt Ridley kniha Genome
Zdroj: Genome (1999), Chapter 1 “Life” (p. 12)
Matt Ridley kniha Genome
Zdroj: Genome (1999), Chapter 22 “Free Will” (p. 313)
Matt Ridley kniha Genome
Zdroj: Genome (1999), Chapter 22 “Free Will” (p. 312)
Matt Ridley kniha Genome
Zdroj: Genome (1999), Chapter 22 “Free Will” (p. 308)
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Zdroj: Genome (1999), Chapter 20 “Politics” (p. 271)
“The politicisation of the issue has had absurd results.”
Matt Ridley kniha Genome
Zdroj: Genome (1999), Chapter 18 “Cures” (p. 253; referring to genetic engineering)
Matt Ridley kniha Genome
Zdroj: Genome (1999), Chapter 16 “Memory” (p. 222)
Matt Ridley kniha Genome
Zdroj: Genome (1999), Chapter 16 “Memory” (p. 220)
Matt Ridley kniha Genome
Zdroj: Genome (1999), Chapter 14 “Immortality” (p. 202)
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Zdroj: Genome (1999), Chapter 13 “Pre-History” (p. 185)
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Zdroj: Genome (1999), Chapter 11 “Personality” (p. 172)
“Judges were never very good at science.”
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Zdroj: Genome (1999), Chapter 9 “Disease” (p. 136)
Matt Ridley kniha Genome
Zdroj: Genome (1999), Chapter 8 “Self-Interest” (p. 128)
“If you still thought evolution was about the good of the species, stop thinking so right now.”
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Zdroj: Genome (1999), Chapter X and Y “Conflict” (p. 113)
“In egalitarian societies, genes matter more.”
Matt Ridley kniha Genome
Zdroj: Genome (1999), Chapter 6 “Intelligence” (p. 86)
“No study of the causes of intelligence has failed to find a substantial heritability.”
Matt Ridley kniha Genome
Zdroj: Genome (1999), Chapter 6 “Intelligence” (p. 82)
“Genes are recipes for both anatomy and behaviour.”
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Zdroj: Genome (1999), Chapter 2 “Species” (p. 37)
“In other words, a record of our past is etched into our genes.”
Matt Ridley kniha Genome
Zdroj: Genome (1999), Chapter 2 “Species” (p. 35)
Matt Ridley kniha Genome
Zdroj: Genome (1999), Chapter 2 “Species” (p. 25)
Matt Ridley kniha Genome
Zdroj: Genome (1999), Chapter 2 “Species” (p. 24)
“Life consists of the interplay of two kinds of chemicals: proteins and DNA.”
Matt Ridley kniha Genome
Zdroj: Genome (1999), Chapter 1 “Life” (p. 17)
“Human beings accumulate about one hundred mutations per generation.”
Matt Ridley kniha Genome
Introduction (p. 10)
Genome (1999)
