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Lewis Wolpert

Broadcaster, scientist, author of Malignant Sadness: The Anatomy of Depression

Author of Malignant Sadness: The Anatomy of Depression, broadcaster and scientist Lewis Wolpert is Vice President of the British Humanist Association and Emeritus Professor of Biology at UCL.

Author of Malignant Sadness: The Anatomy of Depression, broadcaster and scientist Lewis Wolpert is Vice President of the British Humanist Association and Emeritus Professor of Biology at UCL.

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