Microcosm will be coming out in paperback in July, but the new cover is already posted online. I like the design very much, although I must admit I’m crossing my fingers that in a couple weeks we’ll need to make a last-minute change…
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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April 9th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
Wow, the cover looks fantastic. Best of luck with the LAT prize as well.
April 9th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
Cover looks very nice. But I wonder why E. coli gets the minor role in the electron micrograph…
April 9th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
great cover, when is your next book coming out?
any suggestions to hold me over?
April 10th, 2009 at 9:53 am
I just finished reading the hardcover edition this morning. I especially enjoyed the last couple of chapters. The “New Scientist” quote on the new cover is a good one.
April 10th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
I’m wondering if you plan on having email subscription available for the new Loom, as well as RSS?
April 11th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
Bought it on Kindle, thanks! (It was the first book I read on my Kindle, actually.)
Since not all the science books I want to read are available on Kindle, may I suggest (in my own self-serving way) that a lovely topic for a post might be science books you recommend that **are** available on Kindle?
April 12th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Carl: I am reading the copy you autographed for me in Tulsa. As with your other work, it is VERY good and an enjoyable read. I greatly enjoyed meeting and talking with you at the SWARM meeting.
April 12th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
I watched Bonnie Bassler on TED (Discovering Bacteria’s Amazing Communication System) recently and couldn’t help but think of the glowing colonies on the cover of your hardback version everytime they showed her skirt. I won’t add the link as I trust any curious person could go find this themselves. Regardless, her talk was great. The new cover looks good too. I love SEMs. Looks like bacteria encountering a macrophage.
April 12th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
God Luck Carl with the awards.
Valeria Román
From Argentina
April 14th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Yes, best wishes. Microcosm is a very worthy book, and that’s some pretty heady company it’s in. The nominees remind me of the exceptionally good crop of popular science books that have come out recently. I look forward to your next (well–not Tangled Bank because I can’t afford that one, but the next one I can afford).