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Rob DeSalle is curator of entomology in the Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics at the American Museum of Natural History, New York City. He is author or coauthor of dozens of books, several based upon exhibitions at the AMNH, including The Brain: Big Bangs, Behaviors, and Beliefs and A Natural History of Wine, coauthored with Ian Tattersall and published by Yale University Press. He lives in New York City.

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	Science Of Jurassic Park And The Lost World: Or, How To Build A Dinosaur by Rob DeSalle, David Lindley 3.94 avg rating — 290 ratings — published 1997 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Natural History of Beer by Rob DeSalle, Ian Tattersall (Goodreads Author), Patricia Wynne (Illustrations) 3.45 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 2019 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Natural History of Color: The Science Behind What We See and How We See it 3.12 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 2020 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Welcome to the Microbiome: Getting to Know the Trillions of Bacteria and Other Microbes In, On, and Around You by Rob DeSalle, Susan L. Perkins, Patricia Wynne (Illustrations) 3.76 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Brain: Big Bangs, Behaviors, and Beliefs by Rob DeSalle, Ian Tattersall (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2012 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Our Senses: An Immersive Experience by Rob DeSalle, Patricia J. Wynne (Illustrator) 3.62 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2018 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Welcome to the Genome: A User's Guide to the Genetic Past, Present, and Future by Rob DeSalle, American Museum of Natural History, Michael Yudell 3.65 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2004 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Distilled: A Natural History of Spirits by Rob DeSalle, Ian Tattersall (Goodreads Author), Patricia J. Wynne (Illustrator) 4.12 avg rating — 25 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Epidemic!: The World of Infectious Diseases by Rob DeSalle (Editor), American Museum of Natural History (Compililation) 3.67 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1999	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Human Origins: What Bones and Genomes Tell Us about Ourselves by Rob DeSalle, Ian Tattersall (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 19 ratings — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You are not what you think you are. Instead of the form staring back at you when you look in the mirror, what you should imagine is your body as a collection of multiple dynamic ecosystems made up of very tiny, and very biologically diverse, organisms.”
― Rob DeSalle, Welcome to the Microbiome: Getting to Know the Trillions of Bacteria and Other Microbes In, On, and Around You

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“The Bertam palm of Malaysia, for example, bears large flowers that exude a sugar-rich nectar. This nectar spontaneously ferments to produce a pungent beverage with some 3.8 percent alcohol by volume (ABV), which is about the strength of the beer traditionally served in British pubs.”
― Rob DeSalle, A Natural History of Beer

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“As far as we can tell, it is alone in its ability not only to respond to the stimuli that come in from the world around it but also to literally remake that world in imagination.”
― Rob DeSalle, The Brain: Big Bangs, Behaviors, and Beliefs

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