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“ …Has this not been THE most exciting story in biology? This deeply informed account delves into
the fascinating history of the study of metamorphosis. It’s a saga, and Frank Ryan does it justice. ”
—Bernd Heinrich, author of Winter World and Mind of the Raven
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.