Book Bearings
Cover of The Serengeti rules by Sean B. Carroll

The Serengeti rules

Sean B. Carroll

  • 280 pages · about 5 hours
  • First published 2016
  • 6 editions
Buy on Bookshop.orgView on Open Library

Bookshop.org links may earn us a commission. It supports independent bookstores and costs you nothing.

1 About this book

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 [this book] ...

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.

Good for readers who want: the environment and nature.

  • Biology
  • Ecology
  • Nature
  • Life
  • Nature, effect of human beings on
  • Biologists
  • Anecdotes
  • Effect of human beings on

2 About Sean B. Carroll

Born 1960

Sean Brendan Carroll (born September 17, 1960) is an American evolutionary developmental biologist, author, educator and executive producer. He is a distinguished university professor at the University of Maryland and professor emeritus of molecular biology and genetics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

3 More by Sean B. Carroll

4 Similar books

Find a book that fits your moment