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Carl Zimmer writes about science regularly for the New York Times and magazines such as Discover, where he is a contributing editor and columnist.
He is the author of seven books, the most recent of which is The Tangled Bank: An Introduction To Evolution. His website is carlzimmer.com and his address is [ blog at carlzimmer dot com ].
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Books by Carl Zimmer
The Tangled Bank is the best written and best illustrated introduction to evolution of the Darwin centennial decade, and also the most conversant with ongoing research.--E. O. Wilson, Harvard University
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"Superb...quietly revolutionary"--Boston Globe
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"Fascinating...thrilling... Zimmer has produced a top-notch work of popular science."--Los Angeles Times
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"As thorough as it is graceful...This is as fine a book as one will find on the subject."--Scientific American
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"A book capable of changing how we see the world."--The Los Angeles Times
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"A fascinating story, which Zimmer unfolds as a tale of high-stakes scientific sleuthing."--Booklist
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October 26th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
Nice, not what I was expecting though.
After the page opened, I was anticipating your book and Phil’s would be next to each other on a shelf, battling it out. That would be pretty sweet to see as well!
October 26th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
Phil can have the astronomy shelf to himself.
October 26th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Thanks for the shout-out, Carl!
October 27th, 2008 at 1:22 am
Oh yeah, I do that all the time.
October 27th, 2008 at 6:03 am
I do that already lol. I even do it with new agey books that get put in science sections by unknowing workers.