Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo by Carroll, Sean B. (9780393327793)

Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo

by Carroll, Sean B.

Paperback - English

For over a century, opening the black box of embryonic development was the holy grail of biology. Evo Devo--Evolutionary Developmental Biology--is the new science that has finally cracked open the box. Within the pages of his rich and riveting book, Sean B. Carroll explains how we are discovering that complex life is ironically much simpler than anyone ever expected.

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ADDITIONAL INFO

ISBN

0393327795

EAN

9780393327793

Publisher

W W NORTON & CO

Publication Date

17 Apr 2006

Pages

368

Weight (kg)

0.32

Dimensions (cm)

20.8 x 13.7 x 2.5

About Author

Sean B. Carroll is an Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Professor of Genetics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His scientific discoveries have been featured in "Time, U.S. News & World Report" and "The New York Times," and Carroll himself has written articles for "Natural History" and "Playboy." His first book, "Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo," was a 2005 Top Popular Science Book of the Year ("USA Today"). He and his wife and children reside in Madison, Wisconsin.