Comments on: Congrats to Carl Zimmer!

By: the raders

the raders — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:45:14 +0000

Just to say, dear Carl, how proud we are of you and your delightfully earthy writing! When is the next book coming out? love

By: cybergoulion

cybergoulion — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:26:44 +0000

Congratulations for your friend but if he doesn’t want to be embarrassed, please, please tell him not to mention this “Kavli” award to any greek speaking audience!

By: PaleGreenPantsWithNobodyInsideThem

PaleGreenPantsWithNobodyInsideThem — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:53:43 +0000

I’d like to read those articles.

By: Monkey

Monkey — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:48:17 +0000

Long time blog reader of Carls, and just got my hands on a copy of Microcosm. I currently am living in Taiwan, so it was a shock to go to a book store and see his book, a whack of Dawkins’ books and….would you believe it….three years ago I found some book called Bad Astrology (*wink*) in the same store. It led to the Ba website, to discover Mag (online) and then on to Carls blog…

By: Oroboros

Oroboros — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:52:08 +0000

I read Parasite Rex recently and liked it enough to order all of his other books. He’s definitely a gifted writer.

What I appreciated most was his need to look at the subject from every possible angle. I now know so much more about the etymology, social history, theology, evolution and biology of parasitism.

The science alone is fascinating, but in bringing in the cultural interactions we learn so much more about ourselves. It is so tempting to look to nature for moral laws, and Parasite Rex shows you why that is dangerous.

By: Larian LeQuella

Larian LeQuella — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:56:12 +0000

Sorry, I was busy with writing a S.O.W. for the Engineering department. Curse work for getting in the way of slacking and stalking Dr. Plait…

And it’s a repeat award of sorts. Very well done indeed! I just ran into a quote that seems relevant to Carl Zimme’s kids: “A certain percentage of children have the habit of thinking; one of the aims of education is to cure them of this habit.” — Bertrand Russell on problems with traditional educational methods. I hope his kids (and all the kids out there really) don’t ever stop thinking! You folks at “The Hive Overmind” help. Thank you.

By: Davidlpf

Davidlpf — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:40:14 +0000

You write a blog?
Congrats Carl.
Another edit I got first post over Larian and Ivan3man.