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

368 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays history science emotional informative reflective medium-paced
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Carl Zimmer investigates one of the biggest questions of all: What is life? The answer seems obvious until you try to seriously answer it. Is the apple sitting on your kitchen counter alive, or is only the apple tree it came from deserving of the ...

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Moods

informative 95%
reflective 65%
challenging 30%
inspiring 21%
adventurous 17%
hopeful 13%
relaxing 8%

Pace

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slow 19%
fast 9%

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