The Serpent's Promise

The Bible Retold as Science

Professor Steve Jones

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Little Brown
13 May 2014

Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science

The Bible was the first scientific textbook of all; and it got some things right (and plenty more wrong). Steve Jones' new book rewrites it in the light of modern science. Are we all descended from a single couple, a real-life Adam and Eve? Was the Bible's great flood really a memory of the end of the Ice Age? Will we ever get back to Methuselah given that British life expectancy is still rising by six hours a day, every day?

Many people deny the power of faith, many more the power of science. In this ground-breaking work, geneticist Steve Jones explores their shared mysteries - from the origins of life and humankind to sex, age, death and the end of the universe. He steps aside from the noisy debate between believers and unbelievers to show how the same questions preoccupy us today as in biblical times - and that science offers many of the answers.

Erudite and accessible, THE SERPENT'S PROMISE is a witty and thoughtful account of the ability and the limits of science to tell us what we are.

By: Professor Steve Jones
Imprint: Little Brown
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 194mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 367g
ISBN: 9780349123486
ISBN 10: 0349123489
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 13 May 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Steve Jones is Professor of Genetics at University College London and the president of the Galton Institute. He delivered the BBC Reith Lectures in 1991, appears frequently on radio and television and is a regular columnist for the Daily Telegraph.

Reviews for The Serpent's Promise: The Bible Retold as Science

enthralling, in the best, most bracing way * Scotsman * a good natured, supremely well-informed guide ... beautifully written, stuffed with big ideas and sprinkled with fabulous anecdotes * Mail on Sunday * Erudite and accessible, The Serpent's Promise is a witty and thoughtful account of the ability and the limits of science to tell us what we are * New Statesman * Jones is always lively and often wickedly funny * New Scientist * Witty, urbane and erudite * Independent on Sunday * Brilliantly told . . . highly entertaining and informative . . . one of the best books I have read * Biologist * With sensitivity towards religion and sardonic wit, geneticist Steve Jones delivers a masterful scientific take on biblical events * Nature *