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A (Very) Short History of Life On Earth by Henry Gee
Category: Languages and Reference
'Exhilaratingly whizzes through billions of years . . . Gee is a marvellously engaging writer, juggling humour, precision, polemic and poetry to enrich his impossibly telescoped account . . . [making] clear sense out of very complex narratives' - The Times' 'Henry Gee makes the kaleidoscopically changin ...Show more
A (Very) Short History of Life On Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Chapters by Henry Gee
Category: Science
<b>‘A dazzling, beguiling story . . . told at an exhilarating pace’ <i>Literary Review</i></b> <b> 'Henry Gee makes the kaleidoscopically changing canvas of life understandable and exciting. Who will enjoy reading this book? - Everybody!' Jared Diamond, author of <i>G ...Show more
A (Very) Short History of Life On Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Chapters by Henry Gee
Category: Science
For billions of years, Earth was an inhospitably alien place - covered with churning seas, slowly crafting its landscape by way of incessant volcanic eruptions, the atmosphere in a constant state of chemical flux. And yet, despite facing literally every conceivable setback that living organisms could en ...Show more
The Accidental Species: Misunderstandings of Human Evolution by Henry Gee
Category: Science
The idea of a missing link between humanity and our animal ancestors predates evolution and popular science and actually has religious roots in the deist concept of the Great Chain of Being. Yet the metaphor has lodged itself in the contemporary imagination, and new fossil discoveries are often hailed i ...Show more
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