Sean B. Carroll Boeken

A mixture of spirit and deed -- Introduction: Humboldt's gifts -- Part 1: The making of a theory. Reverend Darwin's detour ; Drawing a line between monkeys and kangaroos ; Life imitates life -- Part 2: The loveliest bones. Java man ; To the big bang, on horseback ; Where the dragon laid her eggs ; The day the mesozoic died ; Dinosaurs of a feather ; It's a fishapod! -- Part 3: The natural history of humans. Journey to the Stone Age ; Clocks, trees, and H-bombs ; CSI: Neander Valley -- Afterword: The shape of things to come

Voyager takes the reader on a visually stunning grand tour of the universe. We blast off from Earth and into space at the speed of light, reaching the moon in just 1.3 seconds, the Sun in eight minutes and Saturn in an hour. Every page turned takes the reader deeper into the Universe. The cycles of stellar life unfold before our eyes: we traverse clouds of dust and gas in which clusters of embryonic stars are incubating, we discover spectacular nebulae blazing in the fierce radiation of stellar new-borns, we watch dying stars blossom and expire - or explode, with a luminosity that can outshine a galaxy, in the stellar last hurrah of a supernova. 100,000 light years out, we cross into intergalactic space, sailing on threads of 'dark matter' that weave through the cosmos like cobwebs encrusted with a glittering menagerie of galaxies. From here we can discern the large-scale anatomy of the Universe, its history and perhaps even its future. Every object visited on this extraordinary journey - planet, comet, star, nebula, white dwarf, black hole, pulsar or quasar - is accompanied by an awe-inspiring full-page image and a concise but enlightening text.

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 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. A bold and inspiring synthesis by one of our most accomplished biologists and gifted storytellers, The Serengeti Rules is the first book to illuminate how life works at vastly different scales. Read it and you will never look at the world the same way again.

An award-winning biologist takes us on the dramatic expeditions that unearthed the history of life on our planet.Just 150 years ago, most of our world was an unexplored wilderness. Our sense of its age was vague and vastly off the mark, and much of the knowledge of our own species’ history was a set of fantastic myths and fairy tales. In the tradition of The Microbe Hunters and Gods, Graves, and Scholars, Sean Carroll leads a rousing voyage that recounts the most important discoveries in two centuries of natural history: from Darwin’s trip around the world to Charles Walcott’s discovery of pre-Cambrian life in the Grand Canyon; from Louis and Mary Leakey’s investigation of our deepest past in East Africa to the trailblazers in modern laboratories who have located a time clock in our DNA.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and one of Publishers Weekly’s “Most Anticipated Books of the Fall,” this work by Sean Carroll, a renowned theoretical physicist, redefines 20th-century physics. It reveals how confronting the core puzzle of quantum mechanics reshapes our understanding of space and time. Carroll’s integration of quantum mechanics with Einstein’s theory of relativity presents a transformative perspective. He argues that physics has been in crisis since 1927, as significant gaps in quantum mechanics have been overlooked. While science communicators often highlight the strangeness of quantum mechanics, academics tend to steer students away from exploring its foundational issues. Carroll, risking his professional reputation, asserts that this crisis can be resolved by accepting the existence of multiple versions of ourselves in the universe. According to the Many Worlds Theory, every quantum event results in a world branching off, with countless copies of us created every second. Through a clear and methodical approach, Carroll addresses major objections to this groundbreaking idea, ultimately establishing his argument. This book offers a profound reorganization of our understanding of our place in the cosmos and what constitutes our existence.

“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.

The author team welcomes a new coauthor, Sean B. Carroll, a recognized leader in the field of evolutionary development, to this new edition of Introduction to Genetic Analysis (IGA). The authors’ ambitious new plans for this edition focus on showing how genetics is practiced today. In particular, the new edition renews its emphasis on how genetic analysis can be a powerful tool for answering biological questions of all types.

Acclaimed writer and biologist Sean B. Carroll presents a captivating exploration of the surprising power of chance in shaping our lives and the world around us. For centuries, philosophers and theologians have questioned why the world is as it is and whether events occur for a reason or are merely left to chance. Recent scientific discoveries reveal that our existence is largely driven by chance. This narrative highlights how chance is the source of the beauty and diversity in the living world. Remarkably, humans, like every other species, are here by accident, with countless improbable events leading to our existence—from an unlikely asteroid impact to the unpredictable shifts of the Ice Age and even random occurrences in our parents' biology. Each of us is the product of an astonishing series of fortunate events, and chance continues to influence our daily lives, often determining the fragile line between life and death. This concise book tackles a grand idea with a spirited narrative, drawing inspiration from Monty Python, Kurt Vonnegut, and other influential thinkers. Carroll, one of today's prominent science storytellers, delivers an engaging and thought-provoking account of a crucial yet often overlooked aspect of life.

Nachdem das Genom des Menschen und vieler anderer Tiere vollständig entschlüsselt ist, bekommt man durch einen Vergleich völlig neuartige Einblicke in den Prozess der Evolution. Sean B. Carroll, einer der renommiertesten Forscher auf dem Gebiet der vergleichenden DNA-Forschung, erzählt in seinem spannenden Buch von uralten, 'unsterblichen' Genen, die alle Lebewesen besitzen, von 'fossilen' Rest-Genen, die ihre Funktion nicht mehr ausüben, sowie von der verblüffenden Tatsache, dass der Genvergleich zeigt, wie die Evolution sich selbst wiederholt. Entstanden ist ein unterhaltsamer und faszinierender Einblick in die neueste Forschung zur Entstehung und Entwicklung des Lebens.

Le idee di Charles Darwin continuano a influenzare in profondità il pensiero sociale, filosofico e religioso, oltre che scientifico.Qui cinque studiosi di spicco rispondono alle domande più interessanti dell’attuale dibattito evolutivo:Perché il pensiero di Darwin è diventato tanto significativo in ogni angolo del pianeta?Come mai nell’ambiente gli individui interagiscono, oltre che con la competizione, anche collaborando tra loro?I progressi della società umana odierna sembrano essere in prevalenza culturali: Homo sapiens si sta ancora evolvendo?La scoperta del DNA ha dato forza e potenza al pensiero evolutivo: l’analisi genetica può spiegare che cosa ci differenzia dagli altri primati?Nuovi meccanismi ereditari stanno emergendo dagli studi post-genomici: come cambierà il darwinismo?