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Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life

English

By (author): Ferris Jabr

A radically thought-provoking account of a major shift in how we understand our Earth, not simply as an inanimate planet on which life evolved, but rather as a planet that came to life.

'Full of achingly beautiful passages, mind-bending conceptual twists, and wonderful characters.' Ed Yong, author of An Immense World, winner of the Royal Society Science Book Prize

'The ambition, eloquence, and erudition in this dragonfly droneflight of a book are absolutely exhilarating.' John Vaillant, author of Fire Weather, winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize


The notion of a living world is one of humanitys oldest beliefs. Though once scorned by many scientists, the concept of Earth as a vast interconnected living system has gained acceptance in recent decades. Life not only adapts to its surroundings it also shapes them in dramatic and enduring ways. Over billions of years, life transformed a lump of orbiting rock into our cosmic oasis, breathing oxygen into the atmosphere, concocting the modern oceans, and turning rock into fertile soil. Life is intertwined with Earths capacity to regulate its climate and maintain balance.

Through compelling narrative, evocative descriptions, and lucid explanations, Ferris Jabr shows us how Earth became the world weve known, how it is rapidly becoming a very different world, and how we will determine what kind of Earth our descendants inherit for millennia to come.

'Fascinating, thought-provoking, and, ultimately, inspiring.' Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction

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Product Details
  • Weight: 534g
  • Dimensions: 162 x 243mm
  • Publication Date: 29 Aug 2024
  • Publisher: Pan Macmillan
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781529038156

About Ferris Jabr

Ferris Jabr is a contributing writer for The New York Times magazine and Scientific American. He has also written for The New Yorker The Atlantic Harpers Foreign Policy National Geographic Wired Outside McSweeneys and the Los Angeles Review of Books among other publications. He lives in Portland Oregon with his husband Ryan their dog Jack and more plants than they can count. Becoming Earth is his first book.

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