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Thursday
Jun102010

The wonders of the internet

While I was last down in London I attended Matt Ridley's lecture at the Royal Society of the Arts. During the Q&A session at the end, someone asked an question and I gathered that he was the author of a book on plant breeding. It sounded absolutely fascinating. Unfortunately I didn't get a chance to corner him and get the details, but now, by the wonders of the internet, I have tracked him down. (From here).

Noel Kingsbury turns out to be the author of Hybrid, which looks like a splendidly iconoclastic take on plant breeding and, inevitably, on GM. It's on my shopping list already.

Kingsbury also has a blog here which looks quite interesting - this piece on invasive exotic plants is a good alternative take on what is generally perceived as a major problem.

 

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Bishop,

I blogged about Noel's lovely book this week too! Here is what I had to say about his fascinating stories of how ordinary `peasants' steal new varieties of crop when they see their advantages. http://www.rationaloptimist.com/blog/dont-steal.

Matt

Jun 10, 2010 at 2:08 PM | Unregistered CommenterMatt Ridley

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