miguelf 's review for:

A Series of Fortunate Events: Chance and the Making of the Planet, Life, and You by Sean B. Carroll

4.0

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Short but highly informative and thought provoking book on the role of chance in evolution. Well written at the layman level, Carroll explains both general ideas of evolutionary biology, major geological events that have shaped and influenced overall evolutionary pathways, and gives a bit of genetic biology and species specification, all the while with some related and often humorous stories. These stories help keep the reader’s attention and ultimately culminate in an imagined dialogue at the end with several comedians and other historical figures.