Dr Adam Rutherford Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Adam Rutherford is a geneticist, author, and broadcaster. Back off man, I'm a scientist. President of @Humanists_UK Lecturer in Genetics @UCL Genetics, race, eugenics, history of science, movies, books, cricket, +–=÷×
The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection: A Complete Variorum Edition
R. A. FisherDr Adam RutherfordRA Fisher did precisely this in his most important work, The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection, the foundational text of population genetics. 1/3 of it is devoted to a pseudoscientific version of replacement theory and a war on the west.
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Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics
Adam RutherfordDr Adam RutherfordVery lengthy review of my eugenics book Control in the Times Lit Supplement, largely positive but does conclude that I am a moralising guru. FINALLY someone sees my potential as a cult. A total cult.
Paperback, 2023
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Batman Noir: The Killing Joke
Alan MooreDr Adam Rutherford10 comics to know me 1. The Death Ray - Daniel Clowes 2. Hellblazer Hard Times 3. Batman Year One 4. Wytches @Jock4twenty 5. Icehaven Daniel Clowes 6. Spider-Man annual 1979 7. Top Ten/49ers Alan Moore 8. The Killing Joke Alan Moore 9. From Hell Alan Moore 10. Dark Phoenix Saga https://t.co/MHoatvWUrM
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On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe
Caroline Dodds PennockDr Adam RutherfordVery excited to hear the brilliant @carolinepennock on #StartTheWeek on @BBCRadio4, talking about her phenomenal new book #OnSavageShores - already a book of the year. (Slightly annoyed I’m not presenting!) https://t.co/Sb90izD0xZ
Paperback, 2024
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Huxleys: An Intimate History of Evolution
Alison BashfordDr Adam Rutherford@philipcball @PeaseRoland @jonWturney @matthewcobb What a delight! And on 20th September, Matthew will be on Start the Week, alongside Alison Bashford talking about the Huxleys, the PR still done by Annabel, and presented by. me! https://t.co/M2mtrXGfpB
Paperback, 2024
$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Elmer
David McKeeDr Adam RutherfordSad news about Mr Benn and Elmer author David McKee, who should be remembered above all for the devastating tale of neglectful, lazy parenting, and the immortal heartbreaking line 'But I'm a monster'. https://t.co/Um2cOqpRMt
Hardcover, 1989
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dogs of the Deadlands: Shortlisted for the Week Junior Book Awards
Anthony McGowanDr Adam RutherfordStellar review for the brilliant @anthony_mcgowan’s new book Dogs of the Deadland, about the hounds of Chernobyl https://t.co/cmRKIZ54wd
Hardcover, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death
Nick LaneDr Adam RutherfordThere’s been a flurry of truly outstanding biology books (@WaspWoman @nicholaraihani) in the great UCL popularising tradition - Haldane, Medawar, Jones). Nick Lane is in that top tier, and has slipped out another belter, a stone cold classic.
Paperback, 2023
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Glory
Noviolet BulawayoDr Adam RutherfordStart the Week tomorrow morning at 9 on @BBCRadio4: a new view of Africa, with NoViolet Bulawayo’s Glory, @DipoFaloyin’s Africa is not a Country, and the @AfricanStateArc project led by Julia Gallagher at SOAS. https://t.co/BPeQ5StWiC
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Leviathan
Paul AusterDr Adam RutherfordNovels: Leviathan, Paul Auster Gatsby Slaughterhouse 5 Piranesi, Susanna Clarke Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison Nostromo, Joseph Conrad The Periodic Table, Primo Levi Birdsong The Death Ray, Daniel Clowes The Secret History, Donna Tartt https://t.co/cXl5s7N9FF
Paperback, 1993
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book