A (very) Short History of Life on Earth

4.6 billion years of the story of life on Earth, in 52,000 words. Brief, brilliant and entirely gripping.

About the author

Dr Henry Gee was born in 1962. He was educated at the universities of Leeds and Cambridge. For more than three decades he has been a writer and editor at the international science journal Nature. His previous books include The Accidental Species: Misunderstandings of Human Evolution; Across The Bridge: Understanding the Origin of the Vertebrates; Deep Time: Cladistics, the Revolution in Evolution; Jacob's Ladder: The History of the Human Genome; The Science of Middle-Earth, and (with Luis V. Rey) A Field Guide to Dinosaurs. He lives in Cromer, Norfolk, with his family and numerous pets.

Summary

4.6 billion years of the story of life on Earth, in 52,000 words. Brief, brilliant and entirely gripping.

Foreword

4.6 billion years of the story of life on Earth, in 52,000 words. Brief, brilliant and entirely gripping.

Additional text

Don’t miss this delightful, concise, sweeping masterpiece! Gee brilliantly condenses the entire, improbable, astonishing history of life on earth — all 5 billion years - into a charming, zippy and scientifically accurate yarn.

Product details

• Authors: Henry Gee
• Publisher: Picador Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9781529060560
• ISBN: 978-1-5290-6056-0
• No. of pages: 318
• Dimensions: 143 mm x 225 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Evolution, popular science, natural history, The Earth: natural history: general interest, Dinosaurs & the prehistoric world, Animals / Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures, Ecosystems & Habitats / General, Dinosaurs and the prehistoric world: general interest, Life Sciences / Evolution