Author and science writer David Dobbs has written for the New York Times Magazine, Scientific American Mind, Slate, Audobon, and others. He is the author of the books Reef Madness: Charles Darwin, Alexander Agassiz, and the Meaning of Coral; The Great Gulf: Fishermen, Scientists, and the Struggle to Revive the World's Greatest Fishery, and The Northern Forest.
Now he brings his expertise and passion to ScienceBlogs in the form of Smooth Pebbles, a blog that reflects his wide-ranging interests in science, medicine, nature and culture.
Look for a Q & A with David Dobbs in this space soon, and in the meantime, acquaint yourself with ScienceBlogs' newest face.
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