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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Ferris JabrPublisher: Pan Macmillan Imprint: Picador Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.380kg ISBN: 9781529038170ISBN 10: 1529038170 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 27 June 2024 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviews'A masterwork of journalism . . . The theme is profound: Life does not simply exist on Earth; it is Earth . . . Jabr has the curiosity of a reporter, the mind of a scientist, and the lyricism of a poet . . . Popular science writing at its very best' * Kirkus Reviews, starred review * 'Jabr has an uncanny ability to explore and explain some of the greatest mysteries of the universe, and his sentences are both luscious and limpid. He is an exceptional new science writer, and this urgent book is poised to influence larger conversations about the environment.' -- Jury of the Whiting Foundation Grants for Creative Non-Fiction ‘This wondrous book reveals our living planet for the miracle that it is. By the end, you may even feel that 'miracle' is an understatement. The story of Earth is the story of a planet reworked, remade – and, to an astonishing degree, created – by life itself. Wow.’ -- Carl Safina, author of <i>Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel</i> ‘As a writer, Jabr is chimerical: he has the sharp eyes of a scientist, the big ears of a journalist, and the liquid-silver tongue of a poet. There are times, reading this paradigm-shifting book, when you will feel like you are peering right down into the very heart of our living planet. It is, quite simply, a work of genius.’ -- Robert Moor, author of <i>On Trails: An Exploration</i> Author InformationFerris Jabr is a contributing writer for The New York Times magazine and Scientific American. He has also written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Harper's, Foreign Policy, National Geographic, Wired, Outside, McSweeney's, 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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