coli and the New Science of Life , was hailed by The Boston Globe as "superb.quietly revolutionary." It was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Science Book Prize. Zimmer's other books include At the Water's Edge, a book about major transitions in the history of life The Smithsonian Intimate Guide to Human Origins and Parasite Rex, which the Los Angeles Times described as "a book capable of changing how we see the world." Microcosm: E. His book Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea was called "as fine a book as one will find on the subject" by Scientific American. It was named one of the top 100 books of the year by The New York Times Book Review, and dubbed a "tour-de-force" by The Sunday Telegraph. Reviewing the book, the Washington Post declared, "Science writer Carl Zimmer accomplishes in a mere 100 pages what other authors struggle to do in 500: He reshapes our understanding of the hidden realities at the core of everyday existence."Īmong his other books, Zimmer is the author of Soul Made Flesh, a history of neuroscience. In 2015, the University of Chicago Press published the second edition of his book, A Planet of Viruses, updated with sections on Ebola, MERS, and other viruses that have recently been in the news. Zimmer is the author of twelve books about science. In 2016, Zimmer won the Stephen Jay Gould Prize, awarded annually by the Society for the Study of Evolution to recognize individuals whose sustained efforts have advanced public understanding of evolutionary science. He is a popular speaker at universities, medical schools, museums, and festivals, and he is also a frequent on radio programs such as Radiolab and This American Life. Carl Zimmer writes books, articles, essays, and blog posts in which he reports from the frontiers of biology, where scientists are expanding our understanding of life. Since 2013 he has been a columnist at the New York Times, where his column “Matter”appears each week.
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