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11 Explorations Into Life on Earth: Christmas Lectures from the Royal Institution by Helen Scales
duncanshaw's review against another edition
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
4.5
Interesting introduction to several fields in zoology, botany, and ecology. Whetted my appetite to learn more about the several fields discussed.
terminalvelocityofbilbobaggins's review
4.0
This was a nice little introduction into 11 of the Royal Institutes Christmas lectures, I'd like to now go and read up on more on each as this left me wanting to know more
girlnextshore's review
4.0
Have always wished I were young enough to be able to attend the Royal Institution’s Christmas lectures. Thoroughly enjoyed reading through this book of lessons from Christmases past. I’m always eager to learn more about nature, particularly on the connections and parallélisme within zoology and botany, and how this affects our life in the planet. This is yet another wake up call on how we as humans have a big responsibility in continuing equilibrium in nature, and in protecting our home planet. The only sad thing about this is that as we seem to be more conscious of our climate crisis issues, the more issues we gain in the less time we have.
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