Every Living Thing

By Jason Roberts,

Book cover of Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life

Book description

An epic, extraordinary account of scientific rivalry and obsession in the quest to survey all of life on Earth—a competition “with continued repercussions for Western views of race. [This] vivid double biography is a passionate corrective” (The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice).

“[A] vibrant scientific saga . .…

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Why read it?

1 author picked Every Living Thing as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

So much to learn here about how we think about biology, told through a dual biography of Linneaus and some forgotten dude who, it turns out, it way cooler than Linneaus and has a cooler name than Linneaus....Buffon!

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