Becoming Earth - How Our Planet Came to Life

<p><b>A radically thought-provoking account of a major shift in how we understand our Earth, not simply as an inanimate planet on which life evolved, but rather as a planet that came to life, from the heart of the Amazon rainforest to the soil in our gardens.</b><br><br><b>'A glorious paean to our living world, full of achingly beautiful passages, mind-bending conceptual twists, and wonderful characters. Ferris Jabr reveals how Earth not only gave rise to life, and now teems with it, but has also been profoundly, miraculously shaped by it.' &ndash; Ed Yong, author of <i>An Immense World</i>, winner of the Royal Society Science Book Prize<br><br>'I did not expect to experience joy when I opened <i>Becoming Earth</i>, but I did, and I do. The ambition, eloquence, and erudition in this dragonfly droneflight of a book are absolutely exhilarating.' &ndash; John Vaillant, author of <i>Fire W