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According to Wikipedia , Carl Zimmer is a popular science writer, blogger, columnist, and journalist who specializes in the topics of evolution, parasites, and heredity. The author of many books, he contributes science essays to publications such as The New York Times, Discover, and National Geographic. He is a fellow at Yale University's Morse College and adjunct professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry at Yale University. Zimmer also gives frequent lectures and has appeared on many radio shows, including National Public Radio's Radiolab, Fresh Air, and This American Life.
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1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 Published Works Life After Chaos (1999) Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea (2001) (116)Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures (2000) (65)Evolution: Making Sense of Life (2012) Origins. On the origin of eukaryotes. (2009) Wolbachia: A Tale of Sex and Survival (2001) Bringing them back to life (2013) (41)Tinker, Tailor: Can Venter Stitch Together a Genome From Scratch? (2003) Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life (2008) Friends with benefits. (2012) (35)Do Chronic Diseases Have an Infectious Root? (2001) 100 trillion connections. (2011) Soul Made Flesh: The Discovery of the Brain--and How it Changed the World (2003) At the Water's Edge : Macroevolution and the Transformation of Life (1998) Origins. On the origin of sexual reproduction. (2009) On the Origin of Life on Earth (2009) Smithsonian Intimate Guide to Human Origins (2005) How the Mind Reads Other Minds (2003) Did DNA Come From Viruses? (2006) In Search of Vertebrate Origins: Beyond Brain and Bone (2000) How and Where Did Life on Earth Arise? (2005) At the Water's Edge: Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore but Then Went Back to Sea (1998) (16)Genetic Trees Reveal Disease Origins (2001) Taming Pathogens: An Elegant Idea, But Does It Work? (2003) The Tangled Bank: An Introduction to Evolution (2009) Cumaceans of the American Atlantic boreal coast region (Crustacea, Peracarida) (1979) The neurobiology of the self. (2005) Rapid Evolution Can Foil Even the Best-Laid Plans (2003) The search for intelligence. (2008) Predicting Oblivion: Are Existing Models Up to the Task? (2007) Parasites Make Scaredy-Rats Foolhardy (2000) Can Genes Solve the Syphilis Mystery? (2001) Evolved for cancer? (2007) 19. From Ants to People, an Instinct to Swarm (2009) Faster Than a Hyena? Running May Make Humans Special (2004) A Distant Mirror for the Brain (2004) A Planet of Viruses: Second Edition (2015) Parasite Rex By (2010) (7)The surprising origins of life's complexity. (2013) Darwin's Avian Muses Continue to Evolve (2002) She Has Her Mother's Laugh : The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity (2018) (6)The Oldest Living Things in the World (2014) What is a species (2008) By a Whisker, Harbor Seals Catch Their Prey (2001) Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed (2011) (5)The Evolution of Extraordinary Eyes: The Cases of Flatfishes and Stalk-eyed Flies (2008) Evolved for cancer (2007) Microbiology. Do chronic diseases have an infectious root? (2001) (4)Ancient Continent Opens Window on the Early Earth (1999) Isolated Tribe Gives Clues to the Origins of Syphilis (2008) What if there is something going on in there? New research suggests that many vegetative patients are more conscious than previously supposed--and might eventually be curable. A whole new way of thinking about pulling the plug. (2003) (4)Faith-Boosting Genes (2004) Genes are us. And them (2013) (4)A Radical Step to Preserve a Species: Assisted Migration (2007) (3)Stretching the Limits of Evolutionary Biology (2004) Evolution and the Media (2010) The long curious extravagant evolution of feathers (2011) (3)The Partitioning of the Red Sea (2001) Staying Afloat in the Rising Tide of Science (2016) New Date for the Dawn of Dream Time (1999) Beyond the ivory tower. A distant mirror for the brain. (2004) (3)The rise and fall of the nasal empire (2002) (2)EVOLUTION: Parasites Make Scaredy-Rats Foolhardy. (2000) (2)Fossil Offers a Glimpse Into Mammals' Past (1999) Origins. On the origin of tomorrow. (2009) 'Inconceivable' Bugs Eat Methane on the Ocean Floor (2001) A fin is a limb is a wing: how evolution fashioned its masterworks (2006) (2)Cognition. How the mind reads other minds. (2003) (2)Crystal balls. Borrowed genes can help anything evolve-even the eye. (2002) (2)Drawing from Darwin (2009) The Genome: An Outsider's View (2006) Hunting Fossil Viruses in Human DNA (2010) (2)Fossils Give Glimpse of Old Mother Lamprey (1999) Life Through A Microbial Lens (2009) Eight if by land, none if by sea: Leg deployment is crucial to a crab's success as it moves in and out of the water. (2000) (1)The once and future male (2002) (1)Darwinian Vaccines (2003) Adam's Family (2003) (1)Romance is an illusion. (2008) (1)Is Dinosaur 'Soft Tissue' Really Slime? (2008) Planet of Viruses (2021) The common hand (2012) (1)The hidden unity of hearts. (2000) (1)Alternative life styles. (2001) (1)A weakness in bacteria's fortress. (2014) Ecosystems on the brink. (2012) The Spark of Life: Darwin and the Primeval Soup (2002) Technology: Rise of the e-book (2011) On the Rebound: Blown down, a blade of grass uses the wind's energy to bounce back. (2000) (1)Tough As Nails: How a horse's hoof stops a crack. (1999) (1)Calling a Bluff: Thanks to their long windpipes, some birds sound bigger than they are. (2000) (1)How many more eurekas in the bath? (1998) The oldest rocks on earth. (2014) The Mystery of the Mermaid's Purse: The egg case of the hedgehog skate provides more than a safe environment. (1999) (0)Virus: An Illustrated Guide to 101 Incredible Microbes (2016) (0)Chapter 19. Evolution and the Media (2016) Twenty-first-century anatomy lesson (2008) Evolution ohne Selektion (2018) Question of the Day: How Do You Get Crabs From A Gorilla? (2007) (0)Kenyan Skeleton Shakes Ape Family Tree (1999) Attack and Counterattack: The Never-Ending Story of Hosts and Parasites. (2000) (0)Walking on Water: Also rowing, galloping, and sailing-these spiders do it all. (2000) (0)The Stories Behind the Bones (1999) The secrets inside your dog's mind. (2009) (0)A break from the bench (2009) Soul searching (2004) Evolving Darwin. (2009) (0)BIOMECHANICS : THE MYSTERY OF THE MERMAID'S PURSE (1999) (0)Keynote Presentation: Genome Beat (JGI Seventh Annual User Meeting 2012: Genomics of Energy and Environment) (2012) All for one and one for all. (2002) (0)Correction: The Genome: An Outsider's View (2007) The Man Who Kicked Off the Biotech Revolution (2017) (0)George C. Williams profile. Stretching the limits of evolutionary biology. (2004) (0)Todos somos genes (2013) (0)BLAZING A BIOGRAPHIC TRAIL (2007) The Fall and Rise of Gene Therapy (2013) (0)Dinos and Darwin. (2001) Paleoanthropology. Kenyan skeleton shakes ape family tree. (1999) (0)Q&A: Carl Zimmer on writing popular-science books. Interview by Nicola Jones. (2010) Evolution. Parasites make scaredy-rats foolhardy. (2000) (0)High and Dry: If a tree grows too tall, it may end up with broken water pipes. (2000) (0)Prepared for the past. (2001) (0)Book Reviewing in the Sciences: A Conversation (2012) Do Microbes Belong to Different Species (2008) (0)Expo Stage: Book Signing by Carl Zimmer (2019) (0)The perfect limpet. (2001) (0)VIII.15. Evolution and the Media (2013) THE MOST POPULAR LIFESTYLE ON EARTH (2008) (0)The evolutionary blackbird (2003) WHO'S READING WHAT (2004) (0)Communication: Learning to love science films (2010) 2. From Page to Pixel: A Personal History of Science Blogging (2020) Evolutionary biology. Darwin's avian muses continue to evolve. (2002) (0)Take the Flame Challenge (2012) (0)The stories behind the bones. Meeting. Society for Vertebrate Paleontology. (1999) (0)Dangerous Curves: For some snakes, being flexible is a matter of life and death, and swallowing. (2000) (0)An Outsider's View of the Genome (2006) BLACK IS THE NEW GREEN (2010) (0)Timing Is Everything for Wolbachia Hosts (2002) Frozen Assests: Many plants survive the winter by storing their water outside. (2000) (0)Where did we come from? : the essential guide to human evolution (2006) (0)Making the Rocks Talk (2004) (0)Multilingual: Reptiles and amphibians show there is more than one way to stick out your tongue. (1999) (0)Jaws of Death: If you were an oyster, the last thing you'd want is a ray with a crush on you. (2000) (0)More Papers This paper list is powered by the following services:
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