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Genome

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Ridley tours the human genome one chromosome per chapter, pulling a story out of each. A still-fresh popularization of what our 23 pairs actually mean.

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Mark Zuckerberg

epublications.marquette.edu

Fifteenth A Year of Books pick, announced July 28, 2015.
Nick Szabo

tim.blog · The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts Nick Szabo

“I think three or four of my top 20 books of all time are all Ridley's. _Rational Optimist_, _Genome_, _Red Queen_, _Origins of Virtue_.”

Szabo named this among his top books in the Tim Ferriss Show transcript.
Naval Ravikant

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“Everything by Matt Ridley is worth reading.”

The page cites a Naval tweet recommending all of Matt Ridley's work.
Charlie Munger

Charlie Munger's Recommended Books (Farnam Street)

Confirmed Munger recommendation on Farnam Street; also in Poor Charlie's Almanack reading list.