Sean B. Carroll

Serengeti Rules

The Quest to Discover How Life Works and Why It Matters

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

How does life work? How does nature produce the right numbers of zebras and lions on the African savanna, or fish in the ocean? How do our bodies produce the right numbers of cells in our organs and bloodstream? In The Serengeti Rules, award-winning biologist and author Sean Carroll tells the stories of the pioneering scientists who sought the answ

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• With a new Q&A with the author
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 200mm x 131mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 304g
• ISBN-13: 9780691175683
• ISBN-10: 0691175683
• Artikelnr.: 45791317

Autorenporträt

Sean B. Carroll is an award-winning scientist, writer, educator, and executive producer. He is vice president for science education at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and professor of molecular biology and genetics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His books include Endless Forms Most Beautiful, Brave Genius, and Remarkable Creatures, which was a finalist for the National Book Award for nonfiction.

Rezensionen

"In this remarkably engaging book, Carroll . . . persuasively argues that life at all levels of complexity is self-regulated, from the inner workings of cells to the larger relationships governing the Serengeti ecosystem. . . . Carroll superbly animates biological principles while providing important insights."--Publishers Weekly