Neil Shubin, author portrait
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Neil Shubin

NEIL SHUBIN is the author of Some Assembly Required, Your Inner Fish, and The Universe Within. He is the Robert R. Bensley Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at the University of Chicago. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2011. He lives in Chicago.

Neil Shubin is available for select speaking engagments. Please contact the Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau at speakers@penguinrandomhouse.com or visit prhspeakers.com.

Books

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The New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century

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