Laurence D. Hurst is professor of evolutionary genetics in the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath. His research on how genetic systems evolve, and the application of this knowledge to medicine, has been recognised with national and international prizes and fellowships.
""[The Evolution of Imperfection] is accessible for interested lay readers, offering a nice round-up of the history of and current scientific understandings of evolution."" * Library Journal * ""Stimulating. . . . Hurst excels at teasing out the counterintuitive implications of natural selection."" * Publishers Weekly *