Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive Zimmer Carl
Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive Zimmer Carl FINALIST FOR THE PEN/E.O. This book is not just about life, but about discovery itself." --Siddhartha Mukherjee, New York Times Book…
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Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive Zimmer Carl
FINALIST FOR THE PEN/E.O. This book is not just about life, but about discovery itself." --Siddhartha Mukherjee, New York Times Book ReviewWe all assume we know what life is, but the more scientists learn about the living world--from protocells to brains, from zygotes to pandemic viruses--the harder they find it is to locate life's edge.Carl Zimmer investigates one of the biggest questions of all: What is life? WILSON LITERARY SCIENCE WRITING AWARD***A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2021***A SCIENCE NEWS FAVORITE BOOK OF 2021***A SMITHSONIAN TOP TEN SCIENCE BOOK OF 2021 "Stories that both dazzle and edify...
Is the apple sitting on your kitchen counter alive, or is only the apple tree it came from deserving of the word? The answer seems obvious until you try to seriously answer it. If we can't answer that question here on earth, how