What is Carl Zimmer?
{{BLP unsourced|date=February 2013}} [[File:Carl Zimmer, October 16, 2007.jpg|thumb|right|Carl Zimmer]] '''Carl Zimmer''' (born 1966) is a popular [[science]] [[writer]] and [[blog]]ger, mostly dealing with the study of [[evolution]] and [[parasite]]s. He has written several books and contributes science essays to publications such as ''[[The New York Times]]'' and ''[[Discover (magazine)|Discover]]''. He is a Fellow at [[Yale University]]'s [[Morse College]]. He lives in [[Guilford, Connecticut]], with his wife, Grace Farrell Zimmer, and their two children. His father, [[Dick Zimmer]], was a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[US Congress|congressman]] from [[New Jersey]] from 1991 through 1997. His brother, [[Benjamin Zimmer]], is a [[linguist]]. ==Awards== * American Association for the Advancement of Science's 2004 [http://www.aaas.org/aboutaaas/awards/sja/2004/zimmer.shtml Science Journalism Award] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414183823/http://www.aaas.org/aboutaaas/awards/sja/2004/zimmer.shtml |date=2012-04-14 }} * The Pan American Health Organization's [[Award for Excellence in International Health Reporting]] * American Institute Biological Science's [[Media Award]] * Everett Clark Award for Science Writing * [[John Guggenheim Memorial Foundation]] Fellowship * [[United States National Academy of Sciences]] Communication Award ==Bibliography== * Zimmer, Carl ''At the Water's Edge'' (1999) {{ISBN|0-684-85623-9}} * Zimmer, Carl ''Parasite Rex'' (2001) {{ISBN|0-7432-0011-X}} * Zimmer, Carl ''Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea'' (2001) {{ISBN|0-06-019906-7}} * Zimmer, Carl ''Soul Made Flesh'' (2004) {{ISBN|0-7432-3038-8}} * Zimmer, Carl ''Smithsonian Intimate Guide to Human Origins'' (2005) {{ISBN|0-06-082961-3}} * Zimmer, Carl ''Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life'' (2008) {{ISBN|037542430X}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Zimmer, Carl}} [[Category:1966 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Writers from New Jersey]]