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.
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 *