![]() ![]() Meanwhile, folks from Real Science were taping, and now you can listen to the talk at their web site. coli and the New Science of Life Carl Zimmer. ![]() ![]() –From a review of Microcosm at Daily Kos, which comes a few days after another enthusiastic review in the right-leaning New York Sun. Microcosm on MSNBC, Podcasts I spoke Tuesday on Seattle, and there’s proof now Alan Boyle, MSNBC’s science guru, wrote a great piece on both the talk and the subject, my book Microcosm. coli and the New Science of Life BUY THIS BOOK Microcosm: E. Not until I sat down to write this review did it really hit me just how packed this book is with science, each chapter written so well it can stand alone as a specific object lesson, and each lesson coming together in the book with biology, historical characters, and eureka moments in a scrumptious blend of mind candy. He’s also renowned for effortlessly slipping a giant payload of scientific knowledge into the reader, sweetened with human drama, one so comprehensive a student struggling with a dry textbook would have had to hammer into their head over the course of an entire semester.Ĭarl didn’t disappoint: within a few short pages he had me completely, delightfully hooked. This book tells how E coli microbes talk to each other. Most of us might know E coli for its lethal strain that causes food poisoning. Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its identified. But best selling science writer Carl Zimmer is a master story teller and superb researcher. William Heinemann, 2008 - Science - 243 pages. coli 's pivotal role in the history of biology, from the discovery of DNA to the latest advances in biotechnology. Copyright 2011 Carl Zimmer.Had another author told me his publisher was sending me a copy of a book on Escherichia coli, I would have been perhaps quietly unenthusiastic. Overview A Best Book of the YearSeed Magazine Granta Magazine The Plain-Dealer In this fascinating and utterly engaging book, Carl Zimmer traces E. And we still have too many books in the house, so more sales will be in the offing. If we run out of these books, remember that the paperback and Kindle editions are still in print, and I have plenty of other autographed books to buy. You can find out more about the book on at, or check out this review from Anthony Doerr in the Boston Globe, in which he calls it “quietly revolutionary.” In my biography of this scrutinized germ, I explore the origin of life, our inner ecology, and the search for life on other planets. ![]() That would be our gastrointestinal lodger, Escherichia coli, the little bug that helped build modern biology and launch the entire biotechnology industry. But rather than try to take on all of life on Earth, I chose one species–the one that we know best of all. It’s out of print, but between now and next Tuesday, it’s available for ten dollars from my Amazon store.Īgain, here’s a quick description of Microcosm: In the book, I tilt at one of my favorite windmills–the definition of life. coli grab headlines by causing deadly diseases, scientists are retooling the bacteria to produce everything from human insulin to jet fuel. And so ( voice turning crazy), here’s the next deal: we’ve got 8 autographed copies of the British hardback edition of Microcosm: E. coli's remarkable history, showing how scientists used it to discover how genes work and then to launch the entire biotechnology industry. There were a few cries of “Arg!” later on Facebook and Twitter, to which I responded that I still needed to deal with more books in advance of our house renovation. Carl Zimmer has been writing about science since 1990. Carl Zimmer is a columnist for the New York Times and the author of 13 books. colis pivotal role in the history of biology, from the discovery of DNA to the latest advances in biotechnology.He reveals the many surprising and alarming parallels between E. Microcosm is the story of the one species on Earth that science knows best. 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. A Best Book of the YearSeed Magazine Granta Magazine The Plain-DealerIn this fascinating and utterly engaging book, Carl Zimmer traces E. Last week I announced that I had 17 autographed copies of the US hardback edition of Microcosm, and in 85 minutes you folks cleared me out. Microcosm will be coming out in paperback in July, but the new cover is already posted online. ![]()
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