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

Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive

Carl Zimmer

368 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays history science emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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Carl Zimmer investigates one of the biggest questions of all: What is life? The answer seems obvious until you try to seriously answer it. Is the apple sitting on your kitchen counter alive, or is only the apple tree it came from deserving of the ...

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informative 95%
reflective 63%
challenging 27%
inspiring 18%
adventurous 13%
hopeful 13%
relaxing 4%

Pace

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slow 20%
fast 5%

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