Book description
Science tells us that life elsewhere in the Universe is increasingly likely to be discovered. But in fact the Earth may be a very unusual planet - perhaps the only one like it in the entire visible Universe. In Lucky Planet David Waltham asks why, and comes up with some…
Why read it?
1 author picked Lucky Planet as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I believe that we are incredibly lucky to be alive on Earth today. Not for the scourge of wars and poverty, of course, but for the sheer fact of human existence. The twists and turns of evolution and extinction through the past four billion years have created, maintained, and developed life into the dazzling fecundity we see today.
As an earth scientist and astrobiologist, David Waltham argues that all the bad things that could have happened to the climate have cancelled each other out. He suggests that we are alone in the universe on a very special planet. I agree…
From Dorrik's list on The best books about our amazing planet: Earth.
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