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Professor Tom Oliver - Popular Science Tom Oliver is a Professor at the University of Reading, leading their Ecology and Evolution research group. He is a leading systems thinker, advising both the UK government and the European Environment Agency. He is a frequent contributor to broadcast media and regularly gives talks on environmental science to general audiences. He has published more than seventy scientific papers in world-leading interdisciplinary journals and won two first-place prizes for essays communicating science to a broader audience. THE SELF DELUSION: THE SURPRISING SCIENCE OF OUR CONNECTION TO EACH OTHER AND THE NATURAL WORLD (W&N, 2020) is his first book. The paperback was published in January 2021.
From the back cover:
The Self Delusion is an explosive, powerful and inspiring book bringing together overwhelming evidence to prove our existence as independent beings is an illusion - and why understanding our many connections is the key to a better future. Follow Tom on Twitter World rights enquiries: contact Weidenfeld & Nicolson (Orion) Film, TV and radio: available |
Praise for Tom Oliver
'This book is absolutely fantastic book' Russell Brand on his Podcast
'Rich, intriguing' Nature Magazine
'...several important messages, many of which need to be more widely understood; it is a thought provoking and worthwhile read.' The Times, Tom Chivers
'Moving through difficult science with valuable clarity...a timely, challenging book.'
Guardian, Richard Kerridge
'A vision of a connected society — one that is conscious of its dependency on nature — is a glistening beacon in a gloomy ecological present. In an era that will be defined by its planetary action, Oliver’s argument is timely and thorough.' The Geographical - Pick of the Books May 2020
'Interweaving the natural sciences with case studies from neuroscience and psychology, The Self Delusion assembles a compelling thesis…. It's easy to see why he has won awards for communicating science to a general audience.' Sunday Business Post, Ireland
'If there was ever a book that connected us to current world it’s this one. From how our bodies are made, the life of bacteria and its transmission between us, to how we create identity and what that means, and our connection and relationship to the natural world. Tom Oliver takes us on a revealing and important journey.' Alan Moore, author of Do Design: Why beauty is key to everything
'This book is absolutely fantastic book' Russell Brand on his Podcast
'Rich, intriguing' Nature Magazine
'...several important messages, many of which need to be more widely understood; it is a thought provoking and worthwhile read.' The Times, Tom Chivers
'Moving through difficult science with valuable clarity...a timely, challenging book.'
Guardian, Richard Kerridge
'A vision of a connected society — one that is conscious of its dependency on nature — is a glistening beacon in a gloomy ecological present. In an era that will be defined by its planetary action, Oliver’s argument is timely and thorough.' The Geographical - Pick of the Books May 2020
'Interweaving the natural sciences with case studies from neuroscience and psychology, The Self Delusion assembles a compelling thesis…. It's easy to see why he has won awards for communicating science to a general audience.' Sunday Business Post, Ireland
'If there was ever a book that connected us to current world it’s this one. From how our bodies are made, the life of bacteria and its transmission between us, to how we create identity and what that means, and our connection and relationship to the natural world. Tom Oliver takes us on a revealing and important journey.' Alan Moore, author of Do Design: Why beauty is key to everything