Carl Zimmer

Carl Zimmer is the author of Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life and several previous books, including Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea, Parasite Rex--"as fine a book as one will find on the subject" according to Scientific American--and Soul Made Flesh, a history of the brain, which was named one of the top 100 books of 2004 by the New York Times Book Review.He also writes an