Carroll (genetics, Univ. of Wisconsin; www.seanbcarroll.com), one of the pioneering scientists in the field of evolutional developmental biology, aka Evo Devo, is also the author of The Making of the Fittest, a 2006 LJ Best Sci-Tech Book of the Year. In this, his first book, a 2005 USA Today Top Popular Science Book of the Year, he tells the fascinating story of how scientists are unlocking the keys to animal evolution through embryonic development. Carroll does an admirable job of making this complex topic accessible to general readers, and Audie Award nominee Arthur Morey (Descent into Chaos) deftly delivers it to listeners' ears. Recommended for academic libraries with biology and genetics collections and large public libraries with customers interested in science. [Carroll's newest book, the 2009 National Book Award finalist Remarkable Creatures, is also available from Brilliance Audio.—Ed.]—Emma Duncan, Brampton Lib., Ont.
"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.
"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.
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Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940169929164 |
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| Publisher: | Brilliance Audio |
| Publication date: | 08/01/2009 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
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