Every Living Thing (Paperback)

Paperback. In a series of vivid portraits of determinedeven obsessedscientists, Rob Dunn shows that we are not even close to knowing life on earth. We are like our ancestors: ignorant. And yet, biologists and lay people alike have through history repeatedly claimed victory over life. A thousand years ago we thought we knew almost everything; a hundred years ago too. But, even today we are unable to see what is beyond our immediate radar. Discoveries we cant yet imagine still await.Dunn traces the history of human discovery from the establishment of classification in the 18th century to todays attempts to find life in space. The narrative telescopes from a scientists attempt to find one single thing (a rare ant-emulating beetle species) to a scientists attempt to find everything (all the insects living in a section of the Smoky Mountains). With poetry and humor, Dunn reminds readers how tough and exhilarating it is to study the natural world, and why it matters. Wilson, this engaging and fascinating work of popular science follows humanitys unending quest to discover every living thing in our natural worldfrom the unimaginably small in the most inhospitable of places on earth to the unimaginably far away in the unexplored canals on Mars. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…