num_pages: 368
description: “A beautiful and very important book.”―Lewis Wolpert, American Scientist For over a century, opening the black box of embryonic development was the holy grail of biology. Evo Devo―Evolutionary Developmental Biology―is the new science that has finally cracked open the box. Within the pages of his rich and riveting book, Sean B. Carroll explains how we are discovering that complex life is ironically much simpler than anyone ever expected.
language: English
title: Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo
titlecomplete: Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo
genres: Genetics, Biology, Ecology, Science, Natural History, Nature, Evolution, Nonfiction, Anthropology, Popular Science
ratings_count: 5527
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Society of Midland Authors Award
category: Adult Nonfiction
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company