Sweet review of Microcosm in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine:
All in all, Microcosm is a phantasmagoric read that explains how our understanding of the nature of E. coli has helped to unravel the mysteries of our own nature and evolution. The book is impressive for the information it imparts and even more impressive for the ideas it provokes.
So there you go.
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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November 3rd, 2008 at 4:24 am
Hi Carl,
I’m half way through EVOLUTION: The Triumph of an Idea, and last year I read Soul Made Flesh. I’ll be sure to put Microcosm on my to do list too. Keep up the great work!