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DNA, the genetic blueprint of all creatures, is a stunningly rich and detailed record of evolution. Every change or new trait, from the gaudy colors of tropical birds to our color vision with which we admire them, is due to changes in DNA that leave a record and can be traced. Just as importantly, the DNA evidence has revealed several profound surprises about how evolution actually works.

This research effort examines the creation of mission impact analysis visualizations to enhance situational awareness. It focuses on using prefuse to create a visualization that allows the user to quickly understand the impact of the failure of any element needed directly or indirectly for a mission. The visualization correctly identifies the direct or indirect impact on physical requirements such as network links and servers as well as non-ph...

How does life work? How does nature produce the right numbers of zebras and lions on the African savanna, or fish in the ocean? How do our bodies produce the right numbers of cells in our organs and bloodstream? In The Serengeti Rules, award-winning biologist and author Sean B. Carroll tells the stories of the pioneering scientists who sought the answers to such simple yet profoundly important questions.

Science" l'ha definita la più importante scoperta scientifica del 2012, ma quella del bosone di Higgs è prima di tutto una bellissima storia, iniziata quando, nel 1964, il fisico teorico scozzese Peter Higgs ne ipotizzò l'esistenza, creando un enigma che è stato sciolto solo dopo quasi mezzo secolo. Un'avventura scientifica e umana che ha visto impegnati migliaia di scienziati e attrezzature all'avanguardia. Un'impresa ricca di umanità, come s...

Uno dei più brillanti fisici della nuova generazione delinea un nuovo, sorprendente approccio allo studio dell'universo, interamente fondato sulla caratteristica più ovvia e insieme enigmatica del tempo: il fatto di avere una direzione. Ma il dilemma della freccia del tempo non inizia con telescopi giganteschi o potenti acceleratori di particelle. Si presenta in cucina ogni volta che rompiamo un uovo in padella: possiamo trasformare l'uovo in ...

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These nine short tales vividly depict key discoveries in evolutionary biology and the excitement of the scientific process.

The instant New York Times bestseller about humanity's place in the universe-and how we understand it."Vivid...impressive....Splendidly informative."-The New York Times"Succeeds spectacularly."-Science"A tour de force."-SalonAlready internationally acclaimed for his elegant, lucid writing on the most challenging notions in modern physics, Sean Carroll is emerging as one of the greatest humanist thinkers of his generation as he brings his extra...

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An accessible and engaging exploration of the mysteries of time." -Brian Greene, author of The Elegant Universe Twenty years ago, Stephen Hawking tried to explain time by understanding the Big Bang. Now, Sean Carroll says we need to be more ambitious. One of the leading theoretical physicists of his generation, Carroll delivers a dazzling and paradigm-shifting theory of time's arrow that embraces subjects from entropy to quantum mechanics to t...

In this highly accessible narrative, Sean Carroll guides the general listener on a tour of the massive DNA record of three billion years of evolution to see how the fittest are made.

In this highly accessible narrative, Sean Carroll guides the general listener on a tour of the massive DNA record of three billion years of evolution to see how the fittest are made.

Winner of the prestigious 2013 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books"A modern voyage of discovery.” —Frank Wilczek, Nobel Laureate, author of The Lightness of Being The Higgs boson is one of our era's most fascinating scientific frontiers and the key to understanding why mass exists. The most recent book on the subject, The God Particle, was a bestseller. Now, Caltech physicist Sean Carroll documents the doorway that is opening—after bi...

The never-before-told account of the intersection of some of the most insightful minds of the 20th century, and a fascinating look at how war, resistance, and friendship can catalyze genius. In the spring of 1940, the aspiring but unknown writer Albert Camus and budding scientist Jacques Monod were quietly pursuing ordinary, separate lives in Paris. After the German invasion and occupation of France, each joined the Resistance to help liberate...

How does life work? How does nature produce the right numbers of zebras and lions on the African savanna, or fish in the ocean? How do our bodies produce the right numbers of cells in our organs and bloodstream? In The Serengeti Rules, award-winning biologist and author Sean Carroll tells the stories of the pioneering scientists who sought the answers to such simple yet profoundly important questions, and shows how their discoveries matter for...

Carroll describes in stunning detail the geography of a growing embryo, how genes mark out a diagram of the body to come, and how exactly, thanks to "genetic switches, " the "hotspots of evolution, " one group of genes can produce such variations on a theme as butterflies, birds, leopards, and whales.--"Booklist, " starred review.

In the tradition of "The Microbe Hunters" and "Gods, Graves, and Scholars, " Carroll's "Remarkable Creatures" celebrates the pioneers who replaced mankind's fancies with the even more amazing true story of how the world evolved.

A rising star in theoretical physics offers his awesome vision of our universe and beyond, all beginning with a simple question: Why does time move forward?

A rising star in theoretical physics offers his awesome vision of our universe and beyond, all beginning with a simple question: Why does time move forward?