Rupert Sheldrake

Alfred Rupert Sheldrake (born 28 June 1942) is an English author. From 1967 to 1973 he was a biochemist and cell biologist at Cambridge University., Then he went to work in India from 1974 to 1978. His first book, "A New Science of Life", was published in 1981. It is about his a theory called "morphic resonance". He gave a TEDx talk in 2013 on his book "The Science Delusion" that was banned. In 2009 Adam Rutherford, the deputy editor of a scientific journal called "Nature", wrote in the Guardian about him and his book "A New Science of Life". He said "don't read this book, it will make you stupider". He is an Anglican. He is married to Jill Purce.