Carl Zimmer is an award-winning New York Times columnist and the author of 15 books about science. His newest book is Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe.
Air-Borne: The Hidden History of The Life We Breathe
Coming in February 2025! A journey through the living atmosphere, from Covid to the clouds. Read more about Air-Borne here.
Life’s Edge: The Search For What It Means To Be Alive
Zimmer travels the mysterious borderland between the living and the non-living in his latest book, reckoning with a question that still bedevils scientists and philosophers alike: what is life? Publisher’s Weekly calls Life’s Edge “a pop science tour de force.” A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year. Read more about the book here.
She Has Her Mother’s Laugh
An exploration of the most intimate mystery of all: how our ancestors help make us who we are. She Has Her Mother’s Laugh traces the history of heredity as a scientific question and a cultural touchstone. Chosen as a Notable Book of the Year by The New York Times Book Review, and the best science book of 2018 byThe Guardian. Read more here.
A Planet of Viruses
In this slender volume, Zimmer introduces readers to the most abundant form of life on Earth. A Planet of Viruses reveals how viruses hold sway over the biosphere, how they produce new diseases, and how we can use viruses for our own benefit.
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