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

adventurous informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Life’s Edge is the pinnacle of public facing science literature. With beautiful historical retellings, detailed explanations of topics ranging from radiolobes to Schrödinger’s cat, and lovely interludes with modern scientists, Carl Zimmer tackled two of the most fascinating interconnected, intricate, and relevant unanswered  questions of the modern era, how did life begin? and what is life? Zimmer is a gifted writer and his passion shines in this digestive and deep read.