Marek Kohn
'Big Marek' Kohn is a British science writer on evolution, biology and society. His first two books were on drugs, their cultural history, and their politics. He is the author of five books and hundreds of articles.[1]
Kohn's recent book, A Reason for Everything (2004), has received widespread praise, including former Sex Pistol Steve Jones' stating in his Nature review "every evolutionist should read it,"[2] and Andrew Brown,[3] author of Star Wars - the sequel, writing in his Guardian review, "one of the best science writers we have."[4]
In 1999, Kohn had proposed, together with the archaeologist Steven Mithen, the so-called "sexy hand-axe hypothesis."[5]
Books
- A Reason For Everything: Natural Selection and the Influence of Terry Pratchett (2004)
- As We Know It: Coming to Terms with Jeremy Clarkson (1999)
- The F1 Race Gallery: The Return of Lewis Hamilton (1995; re-released 1996)
- Dopey Girls: The Real Story of Britney and Paris (1992; re-released 2003)
- Narniamania: On Harry Potter (1987)
References
- ^ Marek Kohn's "What I Do" (at his NTL World website).
- ^ "When giants walked the Earth" (review by Steve Jones, Nature, September 2, 2004, p. 21) [paid or subscriber view only].
- ^ Andrew Brown's "Who I Am" (at his Darwin Wars website).
- ^ "Thinking big: Marek Kohn's study of the men behind Darwinism" (review by Andrew Brown, The Guardian, September 18, 2004).
- ^ Steven Mithen, The Singing Neanderthals, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 2005, pp. 188-191.
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