Sean B Carroll
Sean B. Carroll is a scientist, author and educator. He heads the department of science education at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and is a professor of molecular biology and genetics at the University of Wisconsin. Carroll’s lab research focuses on the genes that control animal body patterns and play major roles in the evolution of animal diversity. In recognition of his scientific contributions, Carroll has received the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Sciences, been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, as well as named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is the author of Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species, which was a finalist for the 2009 National Book Award for non-fiction, The Making of the Fittest, and Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo). His most recent book is The Serengeti Rules: The Quest to Discover how Life Works and Why it Matters.
Books by Sean B Carroll
A Series of Fortunate Events: Chance and the Making of the Planet, Life, and You
by Sean B Carroll
Sean B Carroll is both a serious biologist and a gifted science communicator, and his books have been recommended several times on Five Books. A Series of Fortunate Events is a an informal, chatty book about the role chance has played in our lives, from the giant asteroid that hit the Yucatan 66 million years ago, to why we get cancer later in life. It's very informative and a lot of fun.
The Making of the Fittest
by Sean B Carroll
He goes into tremendously interesting detail on how the genome itself contains the fossil history of evolution.
Endless Forms Most Beautiful
by Sean B Carroll
Sean Carroll popularises some of the most difficult but also most interesting findings in evolutionary developmental biology
Interviews with Sean B Carroll
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The Eighth Day of Creation: Makers of the Revolution in Biology
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Darwin: The Life of a Tormented Evolutionist
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The Man Who Found the Missing Link
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The Statue Within: An Autobiography
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The Song of the Dodo
by David Quammen
The Best Biology Books, recommended by Sean B Carroll
The Best Biology Books, recommended by Sean B Carroll
What do molecules in a cell have in common with lions in the Serengeti? They all follow rules, says scientist and author Sean B Carroll. He chooses the best books on biology, from the death of the dodo to the discovery of DNA.
Interviews where books by Sean B Carroll were recommended
Kenneth Miller recommends the best Arguments against Creationism
Biology professor—and Catholic—Kenneth Miller tells us what we should read to understand the battle being fought between scientists and creationists.
The best books on Extinction and De-Extinction, recommended by Beth Shapiro
Evolutionary biologist Beth Shapiro tells us why it’s impossible to clone a mammoth, and why we might want to. She guides us through five inspiring books to get us thinking about extinction and the role genetics could potentially play in maintaining biodiversity.
