Books by Randy Olson

  •  Don't Be Such a Scientist

    Jazz on the river

    Don't Be Such a Scientist

    Talking Substance in an Age of Style

    Randy Olson

    "You think too much!  You mother F@$#%&* think too much!  You're nothing but an arrogant, pointy-headed intellectual — I want you out of my classroom and off the premises in five ...

  •  Shifting Baselines
    Shifting Baselines Jeremy B.C. Jackson

    Jazz on the river

    Shifting Baselines

    The Past and the Future of Ocean Fisheries

    Jeremy B.C. Jackson

    Shifting Baselines explores the real-world implications of a groundbreaking idea: we must understand the oceans of the past to protect the oceans of the future. In 1995, acclaimed marine biologist ...

About the Author

Randy Olson earned his Ph.D. at Harvard University and became a professor of marine biology before moving to Hollywood for his second career as a filmmaker. Since obtaining an M.F.A. from the University of Southern California School of Cinema, he has written and directed the critically acclaimed films Flock of Dodos: The Evolution-Intelligent Design Circus (Tribeca, ‘06, Showtime) and Sizzle: A Global Warming Comedy (Outfest, ’08), and co-founded The Shifting Baselines Ocean Media Project, a partnership between scientists and Hollywood to communicate the crisis facing our oceans.