From the Bookshelf of Science and Inquiry…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
No group discussions for this book yet.
What Members Thought
This is a pretty fast, short book. Usually I shy away from anything that has to do with biology. I have pretty much always hated the subject of the living. But I am getting over that now, and stand more in amazement. This is a good book to get that sense of amazement at life. It is a collection of short essays on various biology subjects. The author was a medical researcher among many other things. The writing is good, if only more aimed at people that are familiar with all the biology lingo. Bu
...more
Thomas believed that Earth should be viewed, in a sense, as a single cell, which overlapped with and was probably an inspiration as well to James Lovelock's Gaia Hypothesis.
...more
Some of the same insight (though more informed) as Herzog, though with a much more optimistic perspective. The essay about "computers" seems hopelessly outdated, but otherwise the book has aged pretty well.
...more
Apr 16, 2009
AER
marked it as to-read
Dec 20, 2010
Nea
marked it as to-read
May 13, 2011
Angela Randall
marked it as to-read
Sep 04, 2011
Laura
marked it as to-read
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
non-fiction,
talk-nerdy-to-me
Oct 03, 2011
Windelbo
marked it as to-read
Apr 08, 2012
Preeti
marked it as to-read
Jun 30, 2015
Charise
marked it as to-read
Jul 24, 2015
Erika
marked it as to-read
Jul 18, 2016
Jackie
marked it as to-read
May 30, 2017
Erica Renée
marked it as to-read
Sep 07, 2017
Amanda
marked it as to-read
Feb 17, 2019
Erica
marked it as to-read
Feb 20, 2019
Britt Aamodt
marked it as to-read
