Hurrah! Choice, the leading magazine for academic book reviews, has namedThe Tangled Bank: An Introduction to Evolution one of the outstanding academic titles of 2010. Here’s a line from the announcement: “These outstanding works have been selected for their excellence in scholarship and presentation, the significance of their contribution to the field, and their value as important–often the first–treatment of their subject.”
Originally published January 3, 2011. Copyright 2011 Carl Zimmer.