Rob Dunn
Rob Dunn is an assistant professor in the department of zoology at the North Carolina State University, as well as a science popularizer.[1][2]
Popular works
Dunn's popular science works include:
- The Wild Life of Our Bodies: Predators, Parasites, and Partners That Shape Who We Are Today (2014)
- Every Living Thing: Man's Obsessive Quest to Catalog Life, from Nanobacteria to New Monkeys (2009)
- The Man Who Touched His Own Heart: True Tales of Science, Surgery, and Mystery (2015), with Robert Fass
Dunn has written a number of articles for Scientific American and its online guest blogs.[3]
Reactions
Kirkus Reviews wrote of Every Living Thing: "Even sophisticated readers will blink as the author reveals the dazzling diversity of life, its ability to thrive in areas formerly thought barren (miles under the sea, under ice caps, under the earth’s crust, in space), and the ingenuity of scientists searching for it."[4]
References
- ↑ Current Biology, "Q&A", Volume 25, Issue 6, pages R212–R214, 16 March 2015
- ↑ "Dr. Rob Dunn -- About the Author" HarperCollins web site (retrieved 16 March 2015)
- ↑ Scientific American "Stories by Rob Dunn" (retrieved 16 March 2015)
- ↑ "Every Living Thing" (starred review) (retrieved 16 March 2015)
External links
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