Steve Jones

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Steve Jones (born March 24, 1944) is a professor of genetics at Galton laboratory of University College London. He is also a television presenter and a prize-winning author on the subject of biology, especially evolution. He is one of the best known contemporary popular writers on evolution. His popular writing shows a wry, sometimes rather dark, sense of humour. In 1996 his writing won him the Royal Society Michael Faraday prize ``for his numerous, wide ranging contributions to the public understanding of science in areas such as human evolution and variation, race, sex, inherited disease and genetic manipulation through his many broadcasts on radio and television, his lectures, popular science books, and his regular science column in The Daily Telegraph and contributions to other newspaper media. March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (84th in leap years). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... For a non-technical introduction to the topic, please see Introduction to genetics. ... Sir Francis Galton F.R.S. (February 16, 1822 – January 17, 1911), half-cousin of Charles Darwin, was an English Victorian polymath, anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, psychometrician, and statistician. ... University College London, commonly known as UCL, is a college of the University of London. ... A television presenter is a British term for a person who introduces or hosts television programmes. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about evolution in biology. ... The premises of The Royal Society in London (first four properties only). ... Michael Faraday, FRS (September 22, 1791 – August 25, 1867) was an English chemist and physicist (or natural philosopher, in the terminology of that time) who contributed significantly to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. ... Public awareness of science, also public understanding of science is a term relating to the attitudes, behaviors, opinions and activities that comprise the relations between the general public or lay society as a whole to scientific knowledge and organization. ... This article concerns the British newspaper. ...

Jones was born in Aberystwyth, Wales, and has degrees from the University of Edinburgh and University of Chicago. Much of his research has been concerned with snails and the light their anatomy can shed on biodiversity and genetics. His book In the blood explores, confirms and debunks some commonly held beliefs about inheritance and genetics. Topics explored include issues as diverse as "lost tribes", European royal families, and haemophilia. Aberystwyth (IPA: , South Welsh: ) (in English: Mouth of the Ystwyth) is a historic market town, administrative centre and holiday resort within Ceredigion, Wales. ... This article is about the country. ... The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1582,[4] is a renowned centre for teaching and research in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... The University of Chicago is an elite private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. ... The name snail applies to most members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells. ... Rainforests are among the most biodiverse ecosystems on earth Biodiversity is the variation of taxonomic life forms within a given ecosystem, biome or for the entire Earth. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Professor Jones is a Distinguished Supporter of the British Humanist Association. He was awarded the second Irwin Prize for Secularist of the Year by the National Secular Society on 7 October 2006. The British Humanist Association is an organisation of the United Kingdom which promotes Humanism. ... The Secularist of the Year award (a. ... The National Secular Society is an organisation of the United Kingdom which promotes secularism. ... October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

Controversy

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Jones' allegation that Creationism is "anti-science" offended some Christians and put him into direct opposition to proponents of Creationism like Ken Ham (whom Jones criticised) who argue that evolution is "hypothesis, not science." Jones suggested in a BBC Radio Ulster interview on 19 March 2006 that Creationists should be disallowed from being medical doctors because "all of its (Creationism's) claims fly in the face of the whole of science" and he further claimed that no serious biologist can believe in Biblical Creation. Image File history File links Unbalanced_scales. ... Shortcut: WP:NPOV Wikipedia policy is that all articles should be written from a neutral point of view. ... Creationism is the belief that humanity, life, the Earth, and the universe were created in their entirety by a supernatural deity or deities (typically God), whose existence is presupposed. ... Ken Ham Australian-born Kenneth Alfred Ham (b. ... This article is about evolution in biology. ... March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

Bibliography

Books by Steve Jones

• Jones, Steve; Dawkins, Richard; Martin, Robert D.; Pilbeam, David R. (1994). The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human evolution. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-46786-1. 
• Jones, Steve (1997). In the Blood: God, Genes and Destiny. Houghton Miffin. ISBN 0-00-255512-3. 
• Jones, Steve (1999). Almost Like a Whale: The Origin of Species Updated. Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-40985-0. 
• Jones, Steve (2000). The Language of the Genes. Flamingo. ISBN 0-00-655243-9.  winner of (Aventis Prize winner)
• Jones, Steve (2003). Y: The Descent of Men. Flamingo. ISBN 0-618-13930-3. 
• Jones, Steve and Van Loon, Borin (2005). Introducing Genetics. Totem Books. ISBN 1-84046-636-7. 

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Articles by Steve Jones

• Steve Jones view from the lab: Scientist or media tart?
• Steve Jones View from the lab: dinosaurs, academics and the case against ginger biscuits
• Steve Jones View from the lab: the hard cell
• Steve Jones: Why is there so much genetic diversity
• Steve Jones: Don't blame the genes
• Professor Steve Jones: My work space

Articles about Steve Jones

• Steve Jones: A highly original species
• Steve Jones: Is human evolution finally over?

Television

Steve Jones presented In the Blood, a six-part TV series on human genetics first broadcast in 1996, see book of same name in bibliography. A karyotype of a human male, showing 46 chromosomes including XY sex chromosomes. ...

Quotation

• "Evolution is to the social sciences as statues are to birds: a convenient platform upon which to deposit badly digested ideas."

External links

• Professor Steve Jones homepage at UCL
• Professor Steve Jones biography at Edge.org
• Michael Faraday previous winners 2004 - 1986 (inc. Steve Jones)
• 'GM Foods - Safe?' Steve Jones gives his views Freeview video provided by the Vega Science Trust.
• Steve Jones radio interview on "Sunday Sequence" - BBC Radio Ulster 19-03-06