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Frank Ryan
 Scientist and author Frank Ryan, a physician and evolutionary biologist, is the author of Virolution; Tuberculosis: The Greatest Story Never Told - The Search for the Cure and the New Global Threat (a New York Times Nonfiction Book of the Year); Virus X: Tracking the New Killer Plagues; and Darwin's Blind Spot: Evolution Beyond Natural Selection. He's a leading voice on the role of viruses in evolution and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield, in the United Kingdom, where he focuses on developing his evolutionary concepts and helps translate evolutionary science into medicine practice. He lives in England, and lectures frequently across Europe and in the United States.
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Frank's Books
 A Scientific Detective StoryMetamorphosis has intrigued human observers for thousands of years. While everyone knows this trick of nature transforms caterpillars into butterflies, fewer are aware that this process of transformation also occurs in many other insect species, as well as in amphibians and—in its greatest diversity—in marine creatures. Still, despite its widespread occurrence, metamorphosis has largely remained a mystery—not just to the people who watch gorgeous orange Monarchs emerge from green caterpillars once ensconced in cocoons, but also to the scientists who have tried to unravel just how the transformation works. In The Mystery of Metamorphosis, Frank Ryan delves into the mystery headfirst, showcasing surprising new ideas that are shaking established science.
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