The Serengeti Rules: The Quest to Discover How Life Works and Why It Matters

by Sean B. Carroll Narrated by Patrick Lawlor

Overview

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 B. Carroll tells the stories of the pioneering scientists who sought the answers to such simple yet profoundly important questions, and shows how their discoveries matter for our health and the health of the planet we depend upon.



One of the most important revelations about the natural world is that everything is regulated-there are rules that regulate the amount of every molecule in our bodies and rules that govern the numbers of every animal and plant in the wild. And the most surprising revelation about the rules that regulate life at such different scales is that they are remarkably similar-there is a common underlying logic of life. Carroll recounts how our deep knowledge of the rules and logic of the human body has spurred the advent of revolutionary life-saving medicines, and makes the compelling case that it is now time to use the Serengeti Rules to heal our ailing planet.

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly

"In this thoroughly 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."

Kirkus Reviews

"A thought-provoking challenge to complacency."

Kirkus

"A thought-provoking challenge to complacency."

From the Publisher

"In The Serengeti Rules, the author goes from E. coli to elephants to lay out the basic rules that shape so much of what's around us and inside us."—-Brian Switek, Wall Street Journal

From the Publisher - AUDIO COMMENTARY

"A thought-provoking challenge to complacency." —Kirkus

Guardian

Carroll is both a distinguished scientist. . . and one of our great science writers. . . . [The Serengeti Rules] is a visionary book, which celebrates the new wisdom and the men and women who have brought the vision to pass.

Nature

A compelling read filled with big, bold ideas.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170442966
Publisher:	Tantor Audio
Publication date:	01/25/2017
Edition description:	Unabridged

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