Tyler Volk

Tyler Volk is Emeritus Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies at New York University. His newest book is Quarks to Culture: How We Came to Be (May, 2017). You can read the recent full review published in Science (search “science magazine multidisciplinary grand sequence”). You can hear a recent podcast on StarTalk All Stars (search "startalk radio quarks to culture"). Tyler is a recipient of the NYU All-University Distinguished Teaching Award. He lectures and travels widely, communicates his ideas in a variety of media, plays lead guitar for the science-inspired rock band The Amygdaloids, and is an avid outdoorsman. Tyler's previous books include CO2 Rising: The World's Greatest Environmental Challenge; Metapatterns Across Space, Time, and Mind; and Gaia's Body: Toward a Physiology of Earth. As to an overarching theme across these books, he would say, “systems of deep relevance for human life.”