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Carl Zimmer
I write books about science. Nature fascinates me, as does its history. So far, I've written twelve books, including Parasite Rex and The Tangled Bank: An Introduction to Evolution. In addition to my books, I also write regularly about science for The New York Times, as well as for magazines... show more

I write books about science. Nature fascinates me, as does its history. So far, I've written twelve books, including Parasite Rex and The Tangled Bank: An Introduction to Evolution. In addition to my books, I also write regularly about science for The New York Times, as well as for magazines including National Geographic and Wired. I've won awards for my work from the National Academies of Science and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. My blog, The Loom, is published by National Geographic Magazine (http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/blog/the-loom).
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Health, Mind & Body, Outdoors & Nature, Science
Carl Zimmer's Books
Parasite Rex (with a New Epilogue): Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures - Carl Zimmer This Explains Everything: Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works - John Brockman, Susan Blackmore, Rebecca Goldstein, James J. O'Donnell, Paul Steinhardt, Shing-Tung Yau, Frank Wilczek, Thomas Metzinger, Sean Carroll, Steven Pinker, Jonathan Gottschall, David G. Myers, Matt Ridley, Armand Marie Leroi, Gerd Gigerenzer, Martin J. Rees, Ri Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed - Carl Zimmer, Mary Roach Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life - Carl Zimmer At the Water's Edge: Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore but Then Went Back to Sea - Carl Zimmer, Carl Dennis Buell Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea - Carl Zimmer Soul Made Flesh: The Discovery of the Brain--and How it Changed the World - Carl Zimmer The Oldest Living Things in the World - Rachel Sussman, Carl Zimmer, Hans Ulrich Obrist Smithsonian Intimate Guide to Human Origins - Carl Zimmer The Tangled Bank: An Introduction to Evolution - Carl Zimmer Evolution: Making Sense of Life - Carl Zimmer, Douglas Emlen Rabbits with Horns and Other Astounding Viruses (Chicago Shorts) - Carl Zimmer She Has Her Mother's Laugh - Carl Zimmer Earth Before the Dinosaurs - Sébastien Steyer, Alain Beneteau, Chris Spence, Carl Zimmer A Planet of Viruses - Carl Zimmer A Planet of Viruses - Carl Zimmer More Brain Cuttings: Further Explorations of the Mind - Carl Zimmer Virus and the Whale: Exploring Evolution in Creatures Small and Large - Judy Diamond, Linda Allison, Carl Zimmer, E. Margaret Evans Brain Cuttings: Fifteen Journeys Through the Mind - Carl Zimmer
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Microcosm: E-coli and The New Science of Life - Carl Zimmer
T. Rex and the Crater of Doom - Carl Zimmer, Walter Alvarez
"T. rex" and the Crater of Doom (Princeton Science Library) - Walter Alvarez, Carl Zimmer
Parasite Rex - Carl Zimmer
The Oldest Living Things in the World - Rachel Sussman, Carl Zimmer, Hans Ulrich Obrist
At the Water's Edge: Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore but Then Went Back to Sea - Carl Zimmer, Carl Dennis Buell
A Planet of Viruses - Carl Zimmer
Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea - Carl Zimmer
This Explains Everything: Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works - John Brockman, Susan Blackmore, Rebecca Goldstein, James J. O'Donnell, Paul Steinhardt, Shing-Tung Yau, Frank Wilczek, Thomas Metzinger, Sean Carroll, Steven Pinker, Jonathan Gottschall, David G. Myers, Matt Ridley, Armand Marie Leroi, Gerd Gigerenzer, Martin J. Rees, Ri
Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed - Carl Zimmer, Mary Roach
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BrokenTune
BrokenTune rated it 6 years ago
text T. Rex and the Crater of Doom
The story of research on the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction through the 1980s is complicated, because so many people played a part and so many scientific disciplines and kinds of evidence were involved. Anyone preparing to recount the events has to choose a way of organizing the material and decidin...
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Sushicat
Sushicat rated it 9 years ago
text Disgusting! Fascinating! Eye opening!
The first chapter had me entirely grossed out. Did I really want to read a book describing the disgusting things a parasite can do to my body? But then Carl Zimmer took it from the close to home sickness parasites can inflict on a human body to a fascinating journey into the world of parasites - wha...
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Elentarri's Book Blog
Elentarri's Book Blog rated it 9 years ago
text Parasite Rex
Well-written and interesting.
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asandwich
asandwich rated it 10 years ago
text Parasite Rex (with a New Epilogue): Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures
Everything you probably never wanted to know about the ingenious and surprisingly sophisticated world of organisms whose sole purpose is to live inside the dark recesses of your body and eat you.Both fascinating and utterly, utterly horrifying.
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Tolle Lege!.
Tolle Lege!. rated it 10 years ago
text This Explains Everything: Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works
A series of essays that read like an ode to science. Good poetry makes you feel your way to understanding, and these essays let you understand by feeling and just gives enough to whet you curiosity on the topic and give you further ideas for further listening.This book would make a great first scien...
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