Book · 2018 · Molecular aspects
The tangled tree
A Radical New History of Life
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David Quan will be here to talk about his new book The Tangled tree a radical new history of life.
The best things said about it
I reviewed something that could conceive which I call it sort of like a biography of an idea it's a book by David Quan and it's called the Tangled tree.
Why people recommend it
The Tangled Tree by David Quammen is a groundbreaking non-fiction science book that chronicles the revolutionary history of evolutionary biology and horizontal gene transfer. On The Book Review, host Pamela Paul introduced the author and his radical new history of life in multiple segments, praising the publication as an essential read for understanding modern genetics. Parul Sehgal also reviewed the book during the same episode, describing the work as a fascinating biography of a transformative scientific idea. Throughout the discussion, Paul engaged Quammen in a deep dialogue about how genetic discoveries have challenged traditional linear models of evolution, questioning previously accepted scientific certainties regarding the tree of life. The host also questioned the author about the various prominent scientists featured throughout the narrative who contributed to this monumental biological paradigm shift. Across these podcast segments, the book was celebrated for making complex molecular biology accessible to general readers while rewriting our fundamental understanding of how species evolve, adapt, and share genetic material across the natural world.
Every mention
Pamela Paul David Quan will be here to talk about his new book The Tangled tree a radical new history of life 4
“David Quan will be here to talk about his new book The Tangled tree a radical new history of life”
“and yet what you're saying in this book is that it's also not quite accurate right”
“he's not the only scientist that you focus on in the book”
“David Quan's new book is called the Tangled tree a radical new history of life”
Parul Sehgal I reviewed something that could conceive which I call it sort of like a biography of an idea it's a book by… 1
“I reviewed something that could conceive which I call it sort of like a biography of an idea it's a book by David Quan and it's called the Tangled tree”
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I spoke with him at some length about his work on this and that's part of the book”
“but the the gloss coming from from woes and from my book I hope is that this sort of thing has been going on for three billion years or more”