Please fill out the form to register for the Zoom breakout session following Matt Ridley's presentation to discuss the talk and the book with students from other universities! It will be a 1-hour discussion.

Matt Ridley's books have sold over a million copies, been translated into 31 languages, and won several awards. His books include The Red Queen, The Origins of Virtue, Genome, Nature via Nurture, Francis Crick, The Rational Optimist, and The Evolution of Everything.

His TED talk "When Ideas Have Sex" has been viewed more than two million times.

He writes a weekly column in The Times (London) and writes regularly for the Wall Street Journal.

As Viscount Ridley, he was elected to the House of Lords in February 2013. He served on the science and technology select committee 2014-2017.

With BA and DPhil degrees from Oxford University, Matt Ridley worked for the Economist for nine years as science editor, Washington correspondent and American editor, before becoming a self-employed writer and businessman.

He was the founding chairman of the International Centre for Life in Newcastle. He was non-executive chairman of Northern Rock plc and Northern 2 VCT plc.

He also commissioned the Northumberlandia landform sculpture and country park.

He founded the Mind and Matter column in the Wall Street Journal in 2010.

He won the Hayek Prize in 2011, the Julian Simon award in 2012 and the Free Enterprise Award from the Institute of Economic Affairs in 2014.

Please join us for this exclusive talk on his latest book. You don't want to miss out.

Date: Thursday, November 5th, 2020
Time: 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm CT
Webinar Link will be sent separately (please use accurate email for the link)

Program Contact: Kevin Gomez | kevingomez@creighton.edu | 402-280-4969