Jack Cohen

Jack Cohen is an internationally known reproductive biologist, who was a university teacher for thirty years, and has published nearly a hundred research papers. His books include Living Embryos, Reproduction; Spermatozoa, Antibodies and Infertility; and The Privileged Ape, a rather different look at human evolution. He now works with the mathematician Ian Stewart with whom he has explored issues of complexity, chaos and simplicity, producing several joint papers. He acts as a consultant to top science-fiction writers, designing credible creatures and ecologies, and frequently appears on radio and television programmes. His hobbies include boomerang-throwing and keeping strange animals.