Listen in: Earth and Life

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Listen in: Earth and Life

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How did the world as we know it—from the soil beneath our feet to the air we breathe and the life that surrounds us—come to be? Geologists have proposed one set of answers while biologists have proposed another. Earth and Life is the first book to reveal why we need to listen to both voices—the physical and the biological—to understand how we and our planet became possible.

The audiobook is narrated by Christopher Ragland. Start listening to a sample chapter here.

 

About the Author

Andrew H. Knoll is the Fisher Research Professor of Natural History and Earth and Planetary Sciences, Emeritus, at Harvard University. His books include A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters and Life on a Young Planet: The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth (¿ìɫֱ²¥). Recipient of the International Prize for Biology and the Crafoord Prize in Geosciences, he is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

About the Narrator

Christopher Ragland is an American artist and actor based in the UK. He is a regular contributor to the weekly audio edition of New Scientist and can be heard in video games such as Terminator: Resistance and Star Wars: Battlefront. He has narrated numerous audiobooks, including Stephen Porder’s Elemental: How Five Elements Changed Earth’s Past and Will Shape Our Future (¿ìɫֱ²¥).