leannaaker's review against another edition
5.0
Great look at the Burgess Shale classification and reclassification. I especially enjoyed the last part of the book that was a critique of science as a discipline.
nelli_lakatos's review against another edition
4.0
“Alter any event, ever so slightly and without apparent importance at the time, and evolution cascades into radically different channel.”
This was a fascinating book that tells the story of the fossils found in the Burgess Shale in Canada.
This was an extraordinary read, wonderfully written and entertaining. I really enjoyed it and also learned from it!
I highly recommend to anyone interested in paleontology, evolution and the origin of life.
Thank you to @netgalley and the publisher for providing an AudioARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.
This was a fascinating book that tells the story of the fossils found in the Burgess Shale in Canada.
This was an extraordinary read, wonderfully written and entertaining. I really enjoyed it and also learned from it!
I highly recommend to anyone interested in paleontology, evolution and the origin of life.
Thank you to @netgalley and the publisher for providing an AudioARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.
elyssam's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
3.5
Wonderful Life audiobook is a great way to read the popular text and learn the details of the Burgess Shale. The Narrator was engaging. In a more academic focused non-fiction, a personal worry was that it would be read in monotone and not catch my attention but it was the complete opposite! It had many anecdotal elements as well as a hopeful tone about the natural history and science surrounding the Burgess Shale. I really enjoyed the comparisons to popular media: films, books, and poems. I wouldn’t necessarily reccomend this to every reader, I think having a interest in the subject would help reader’s/listener’s enjoy the book. I also think having a copy of the print or ebook would help people follow along better as a lot of information is packed in. Those with a trilobite interest and the ability to follow along to a science-laden text, this is the audiobook for you!