Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 February 2020. I am convinced that The Serengeti Rules should be required reading for students in all fields of science, but especially those pursuing careers in biology education."
It should be required reading for every college student, regardless of major."
You will get an email reminder before your trial ends. Last modified on Thu 22 Feb 2018 07.39 EST. "—Brian Switek, Wall Street Journal, "In this remarkably engaging book, Carroll . This is a visionary book, which celebrates the new wisdom and the men and women who have brought the vision to pass. --Neil Shubin, author of Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body, "Original, provocative, and beautifully crafted, Carroll's book provides a glimpse into the deeper laws of biology that govern the earth.
How do our bodies produce the right numbers of cells in our organs and bloodstream? --Harry W. Greene, author of Tracks and Shadows: Field Biology as Art.
. . Read it twice now. Carrol takes in both the very small - the way that processes within the cell take place at the molecular level - and the very large - how whole ecosystems function.
"A master storyteller, Carroll explores the unity of biology from the molecular level to the Serengeti, the rules that regulate life, and the consequences when regulation breaks down.
The Serengeti Rules is an optimistic book. Carroll brings in the history of thought and research in the relevant areas of physiology, ecology etc. The documentary, THE SERENGETI RULES is based on the book by Sean B. Carroll.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 29, 2020. "—Cheryl Hollinger, American Biology Teacher, ""This book was easy to read and gave many great examples of the resiliency of nature. It should be required reading for every college student, regardless of major."
Carroll brings in the history of thought and research in the relevant areas of physiology, ecology etc.
If you're not into heavy science, start from page 105, although I would recommend reading the whole book. . Off the Pacific coast of North America, without sea otters, the giant kelp beds are destroyed by sea urchins. . This is a visionary book." Directions, 6 Oxford Street, Woodstock
In "Everything Is Regulated", he introduces to two pioneering figures of early 20th Century biology, Harvard University physiologist Walter Cannon, and Oxford University ecologist Charles Elton, describing how Cannon stumbled upon homeostasis and Elton made sense of the "economy of nature", recognizing the importance of regulating numbers of animals via the existence of food webs. Unable to add item to Wish List. Fascinating. How do our bodies produce the right numbers of cells in our organs and bloodstream? It is well written, meticulously researched, and easy to read. --Greg Laden, ScienceBlog's Greg Laden "[A]s a subject for popular science, regulation seems to fail the thrill test; genetics and neuroscience appear more alluring. --Simon Ings, New Scientist He lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland. --Harry W. Greene, author of Tracks and Shadows: Field Biology as Art.
There is no actual “Balance of Nature”: everything is growing, changing, evolving, in flux.
Absolutely fascinating.
Carroll brings in the history of thought and research in the relevant areas of physiology, ecology etc. The Serengeti Rules made me think differently about what we biologists do.
You've seen the synthetic overviews of life and evolution framed in chaos theory, complexity theory, even quantum physics.
"—Pavel Tomancak, Cell, "Sean B. Carroll's new book The Serengeti Rules is a passionate telling of the story of the precarious and hard-fought balance that is the very precondition of health—both at the level of individual organisms and at the level of ecosystems. Unable to add item to Wish List.
In ambition, this book certainly impresses. How does life work? His messages are framed in the larger context of the Earth's overall health and important environmental issues. It is well written, meticulously researched, and easy to read. Professor Anthony R.E. --Alva Noe, NPR.org's 13.7 blog "The Serengeti Rules should be widely read." In “The Serengeti Rules” – the book’s longest section – Carroll describes how marine ecologist Robert T. Paine recognized the existence of keystone predators on top of the food chains of ecosystems, and how this led to the discovery of trophic cascades, in which the presence or absence of keystone predator and prey species have substantial impacts on regulating the structure and population densities of … Although Carroll is, as he puts it, of the molecular tribe, it is the wider world that now has him in thrall, and the most vivid passages here recount the unravelling of some of the rules that regulate animal populations.
That said the learning from the book remains invaluable to all. and one of our great science writers.
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A bold and inspiring synthesis by one of our most accomplished biologists and gifted storytellers, The Serengeti Rules is the first book to illuminate how life works at vastly different scales.
. The Serengeti Rules is a great read." Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Fascinating. The back-cover blurb advertises that his aim is nothing less than an attempt to, "travel the globe in search of the logical rules that govern all of life" and to "explore the unity of biology...the rules that regulate life and the consequences when regulation breaks down".
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Carroll recounts how our deep knowledge of the rules and logic of the human body has spurred the advent of revolutionary life-saving medicines, and makes the compelling case that it is now time to use the Serengeti Rules to heal our ailing planet.A bold and inspiring synthesis by one of our most accomplished biologists and gifted storytellers, The Serengeti Rules is the first book to illuminate how life works at vastly different scales. He links the subject matter to key central themes in biological theory (such as natural selection and evolution). --Andrew F. Read, Pennsylvania State University, "Masterful and compelling. might help them reconsider their arguments. We need to change and this book demonstrates it. --Neil Paterson, Dundee University Review of the Arts "[A] triumphant account of how physiology and ecology turned out to share some of the same mathematics."
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The Serengeti Rules both delights and enlightens--I was left marveling at the human achievement behind scientific breakthroughs and the sheer beauty of the working of living systems." Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, The Serengeti Rules – The Quest to Discover How Life Works and Why It Matters. One of the most important revelations about the natural world is that everything is regulated--there are rules that regulate the amount of every molecule in our bodies and rules that govern the numbers of every animal and plant in the wild.
How does life work?
--Clive Cookson, Financial Times "[A] deep journey into the rules of life on Earth... By introducing us to the great pioneers of molecular biology, like Jacques Monod (enzyme regulation), Akira Endo (lovastatin developer) and Janet Rowley (cancer and inheritance of genetic diseases), Carroll sets the reader up with a strong foundation in the natural processes that go on within our own bodies, and describes how breakthroughs happen, such as the discovery of 'repressors' and 'suppressors,' (which act, not by 'doing things,' but by preventing things), and double-negative regulatory logic. His messages are framed in the larger context of the Earth's overall health and important environmental issues. Exclusive Prime offer: save 44% on the regular monthly price of Audible and pay just $8.30/month when billed annually. I highly recommend The Serengeti Rules.
Carroll superbly animates biological principles while providing important insights.
This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. --Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University, "As one of our leading biologists and communicators, Sean Carroll has merged a passion for scientific discovery with a flair for telling great stories of exploration.
Unable to add item to List. In citing these and other examples, Carroll impresses upon us the need to employ “The Serengeti Rules” to preserve forever, Earth’s biodiversity, not merely for our sake, but for the sake of succeeding generations of humans.
Prime members enjoy unlimited free, fast delivery on eligible items, video streaming, ad-free music, exclusive access to deals & more. Does this book contain quality or formatting issues? Carroll has taken a bold and unusual step in recent years. How does nature produce the right numbers of zebras and lions on the African savanna, or fish in the ocean?
it contains short biography of various scientists. This book is a must-read for anyone who cares about the future of the planet." We are the ones damaging the ecosystems that survival of all species, including ourselves depend on. Carroll brings in the history of thought and research in the relevant areas of physiology, ecology etc. --Simon Ings, New Scientist From the Back Cover "A master storyteller, Carroll explores the unity of biology … And the most surprising revelation about the rules that regulate life at such different scales is that they are remarkably similar—there is a common underlying logic of life.
In fact we all need to get it or we’re all doomed!
Previous page of related Sponsored Products, Princeton University Press (5 February 2016). The rest of the book transposes these interdependencies within individual body cells and within the bodies of animals out into the systems of nature. . To get the free app, enter mobile phone number.
Without top predators, herbivores run riot, consuming the vegetation. He is vice president for science education at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and professor of molecular biology and genetics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Carrol takes in both the very small - the way that processes within the cell take place at the molecular level - and the very large - how whole ecosystems function.
Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Why does the human body possess a great degree of self-regulation, culminating with healing?
Not in a medical sense, but a cultural sense, a capilist sense, a greed sense. Here he uses his narrative skills to take us on a scientific journey through time and space--making his case through the work of researchers around the world who have built up rules of life over the past century... [The Serengeti Rules] is wholeheartedly recommended for its entertaining view of biology from an original perspective."
A must read for anyone not yet a believer in "Global Warming".
--Andrew F. Read, Pennsylvania State University, "Masterful and compelling. "—Nature, "A thought-provoking challenge to complacency. . LENGTH. Quite Possibly The Most Important, Most Influential Popular Science Book on Biology for Our Time. And this is all done very well.
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