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Product Description In the title essay, award-winning scientist Steve Jones looks at the future of human evolution from the perspective of current developments in human genetics. Together with other essays by experts in their fields, this volume of selected Evening Discourses from the Royal Institution offers atimely and accessible summary of current thinking in many areas of science and technology. These authoritative yet readable accounts will interest scientists and technologists who want to learn about developments outside their fields, as well as non-scientists curious about contemporary science andtechnology. About the Author Peter Day is Director and Resident Professor of Chemistry at The Royal Institution, London. Richard Catlow is Wolfson Professor of Natural Philosophy at The Royal Institution, London.