Almost Like a Whale: The Origin of Species

"Winner of the BP Natural World Book Prize

'A celebration of the unarguable rightness of Darwin's case, updated to take into account our century's advances, particularly in genetics...his writing is clear, precise, declamatory, often illuminating...he allies the macro and the micro, using tales of dogs and snails and polyps and islands, to create a work of persuasion rather than polemic' EUAN FERGUSON, Observer

'To rewrite Darwin requires considerable skill, bravado, and, possibly, a touch of madness. Jones clearly has more than his fair share of all three...a barnstorming tour of modern genetics and its implications for evolutionary theory' KENAN MALIK, Independent on Sunday

'Explains the workings of evolution, as they are now understood, with beautiful clarity and, naturally, with a lot more fun and jokes than Darwin ever allowed himself. The book is a pleasure to read' MARY MIDGLEY, New Statesman

'A clever book about serious ideas that can happily be read on the beach' COLIN TUDGE, Sunday Telegraph "