Steve Jones (biologist)
Steve Jones | |
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Jones in 2012 | |
| Born | John Stephen Jones 24 March 1944 Aberystwyth, Wales |
| Education | Wirral Grammar School for Boys |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh (BSc, PhD) |
| Known for | Books, journalism and broadcasting |
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| Awards | Michael Faraday Prize (1996) |
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| Thesis | Studies on the ecological genetics of Cepaea (1972) |
| Doctoral advisor | Bryan Clarke |
| Website | iris |
John Stephen Jones DSc FLSW FRS (born 24 March 1944) is a British geneticist and, from 1995 to 1999 as well as from 2008 to June 2010, Head of the Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment at University College London.
He is a prize-winning author on biology, especially evolution. The Language of the Genes (1993), based on the Reith Lectures of the same name won the Royal Society Science Book Prize. Almost Like a Whale (1999) is an update of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species and closely follows its structure. In 1996, he won the Michael Faraday Prize.