Carroll, Sean B

Highlights the pioneering scientists who set out to understand such simple complexities as how our bodies produce the right number of cells and how nature produces the right number of creatures to balance an ecosystem. Explores the scientific revelation that everything on earth, from our cells to every wild plant and animal, is regulated by rules that are remarkably similar and cohesive in the common underlying logic of life. Includes charts, maps, and photographs.

The never-before-told account of two of the most insightful minds of the twentieth century--Jacques Monod and Albert Camus--and a dramatic story of how hardship and courage can unleash creative genius.

Chronicles mankind's efforts to explore the origins of species and the Earth's history over the last 150 years and highlights the major contributions put forth by such researchers as Darwin, Wallace, and Bates. Features black-and-white photographs and illustrations throughout.

An introduction to evolutionary developmental biology, or Evo Devo, that explains how and why scientists have been trying to unlock the secret of how a single embryo develops into a billion- or trillion-celled animal.

Explores the latest research into DNA and what it has revealed about how species adapt and change, discussing what researchers are learning about DNA and its ability to shape the human race and what these new findings mean for the future of science, medicine, and humanity.