The Serpent's Promise

Resumen del libro

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.

Biografía del autor

Steve Jones es un guitarrista y compositor britax{0026} x00301;nico mundialmente reconocido, cofundador de la legendaria banda de punk Sex Pistols. Tras la separaciox{0026} x00301;n del grupo, continuox{0026} x00301; trabajando como mux{0026} x00301;sico de sesiox{0026} x00301;n y posteriormente formox{0026} x00301; la banda Neurotic Outsiders junto a miembros de Duran Duran y Gunsx{0026} x02019;nx{0026} x02019;Roses, con la que grabox{0026} x00301; un ax{0026} x00301;lbum. Actualmente vive en Los Ángeles y es el presentador del venerado programa de radio Jonesyx{0026} x02019;s Jukebox.