books by Carl Zimmer

books by Carl Zimmer

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Carl Zimmer

Parasite Rex : Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures

Carl Zimmer

Free Press, 2001

Great science writing, but fewer case histories would suffice
"Parasite Rex" is great science writing. For readers familiar with evolutionary and ecological theories, they will meet these theories in a new guise. For readers not familiar, Zimmer has a talent for explaining complex ideas in a very simple fashion. In only one ...

The Descent of Man: The Concise Edition

Charles Darwin

Plume, 2007

Charles Darwin and his perceptive insight into the evoluition of life
Through Darwin's, "The Descent of Man" and his earlier "The Origin of Species" the reader is introduced to the power of the observations and the conclusions of this remarkable man. In what might have been the greatest "a ha" moments in the history of man, Charles ...

Virus and the Whale: Exploring Evolution in Creatures Small and Large

National Science Teachers Association, 2006

With this lively book of activities as their guide, students can follow seven scientists into their labs and out to the field to discover how evolution works. Meanwhile, you?ll benefit from the practical help the book provides with the twin challenges of evolution: what to teach and how to teach it. For students, Virus and the Whale brings to ...

At the Water's Edge : Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore but Then Went Back to Sea

Carl Zimmer

Free Press, 1999

Truly excellent book on evolution
_At the Water's Edge_ by Carl Zimmer is a fascinating and well-written account of macroevolution, evolution outside of the "generation-by-generation" pace of microevolution. In microevolution, biologists can follow the process of natural selection; as every generation ...

Cerebrum 2008: Emerging Ideas in Brain Science

Dana Press, 2008

Thoughts for the day
The way cognitive studies are going, this book's subtitle: "Emerging Ideas in Brain Science" suggest it should be published on a continuous roll of paper. New ideas in neurosciences seem to be occurring on a monthly, if not a weekly basis. This noteworthy collection ...

Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life

Carl Zimmer

Pantheon, 2008

Biology as Seen from E. coli, a mere Bacterium, Courtesy of Carl Zimmer
With the trained eyes of a scientist and the soul of poet, eminent science writer Carl Zimmer takes us on an all too brief, yet fascinating, trek into contemporary biology, as seen from the perspective of the bacterium Escherichia coli, in his latest book, "Microcosm: ...

"T. rex" and the Crater of Doom (Princeton Science Library)

Walter Alvarez

Princeton University Press, 2008

Fascinating
Great account of the evolution of the meteor impact theory of mass extinction. He provides a detailed account of the scientific processes involved in the discovery of the Chixulub crater and its relation to the end of the Cretaceous period. As a scientist in another ...

Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea

Carl Zimmer

Harper Perennial, 2006

Every Page is a Thrill
I'm not kidding when I say every page is a thrill. This book explores the overwhelming majesty of life, starting with the birth of our planet and culminating with DNA testing of fossils millions of years old. It's the story of organisms reproducing and mutating in ...

Soul Made Flesh: The Discovery of the Brain--and How it Changed the World

Carl Zimmer

Free Press, 2005

What Willis was talking about
For about a thousand years, the smartest people of every European generation tried to understand the world around them by reading texts based on scriptures and the works of ancient philosophers. At the end of the thousand years, the living conditions of the average ...

Smithsonian Intimate Guide to Human Origins

Carl Zimmer

HarperCollins Publishers, 2005

Excellent Teaching Tool
Finally, an explanation of evolution that is easy for the lay person to understand. The book is clear, concise and informative. A lot of detail is left out, but, I think that for the beginner, it is very appropriate. I have tried to read a lot of the books discussing ...

Die Quelle des Lebens. Von Darwin, Dinos und Delphinen.
Carl Zimmer

Deuticke, 1998

Soul Made Flesh
Carl Zimmer

Arrow Books Ltd, 2005

The use of combined PET/CT for localizing recurrent head and neck cancer: the Pittsburgh experience.: An ...
Lee A. Zimmer, Carl Snyderman, ...

Thomson Gale, 2005

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At the Water's Edge : Macroevolution and the Transformation of Life

Carl Zimmer

Free Press, 1998

Awesome!!!!
This book does a remarkable job of covering two major transitions in evolution. First the transition from fish to the first terrestrial tetrapods and secondly from terrestrial mammals to whales. A kind of out of the water and back in scenario. The book covers the ...