Spotlight on Science Writers: Lee Dugatkin

Lee Dugatkin introduces his 2018 award-winning book, How To Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog): Visionary Scientists and a Siberian Tale of Jump-Started Evolution, in a Spotlight on Science Writers blog post on Science NetLinks.

Read an excerpt below:

Lyudmila and I hope this book reaches readers from aspiring young scientists-to-be to more seasoned researchers. The six-decade-long study on domesticating foxes in Siberia that we write about has everything from cutting-edge science to political intrigue to human/animal love stories, but perhaps more than anything else, it shows that when smart people with a passion for science pair that with almost super-human perseverance, we can unwrap the mysteries of the world we live in.
— Lee Dugatkin
Fox pup being pet. Photo courtesy of Lyudmila Trut and the Institute of Cytology and Genetics.

Fox pup being pet. Photo courtesy of Lyudmila Trut and the Institute of Cytology and Genetics.

 
 
Kirstin Fearnley