Life's Edge The Search for What It Means to Be Alive by Carl Zimmer

Life's Edge The Search for What It Means to Be Alive

Carl Zimmer with Joe Ochman (Narrator)

9 hours, 15 minutes first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays history science emotional informative reflective medium-paced
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We all assume we know what life is, but the more scientists learn about the living world—from protocells to brains, from zygotes to pandemic viruses—the harder they find it is to locate life’s edge. Carl Zimmer investigates one of the biggest ques...

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