Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo

by Sean B. Carroll

Overview

“A beautiful and very important book.”—Lewis Wolpert, American Scientist

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393327793
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	04/17/2006
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.30(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Sean B. Carroll is professor of genetics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His first book, Endless Forms Most Beautiful, was a finalist for the 2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Carroll’s seminal scientific work has been featured in Time and The New Yorker. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin.

Editorial Reviews

"One of the essential books of our times…[explains] for a general audience how the shapes of organisms are produced by genes."

The Guardian - Peter Forbes

"[Carroll] reveals a remarkable series of insights into how evolution has shaped—and continues to shape—the wondrous assortment of creatures that share this planet with us. He emerges as the new, user-friendly public face of evolutionary science."

US News & World Report - Thomas Hayden