A Times Sunday Times Book of the Year DISCOVER HOW LIFE REALLY WORKS - ON EARTH AND IN SPACE 'A
wonderfully insightful sidelong look at Earthly biology' Richard Dawkins 'Crawls with curious
facts' Sunday Times _________________________ We are unprepared for the greatest discovery of
modern science. Scientists are confident that there is alien life across the universe yet we
have not moved beyond our perception of 'aliens' as Hollywood stereotypes. The time has come to
abandon our fixation on alien monsters and place our expectations on solid scientific footing.
Using his own expert understanding of life on Earth and Darwin's theory of evolution - which
applies throughout the universe - Cambridge zoologist Dr Arik Kershenbaum explains what alien
life must be like. This is the story of how life really works on Earth and in space.
_________________________ 'An entertaining eye-opening and above all a hopeful view of what
- or who - might be out there in the cosmos' Philip Ball author of Nature's Patterns 'A
fascinating insight into the deepest of questions: what might an alien actually look like'
Lewis Dartnell author of Origins 'If you don't want to be surprised by extraterrestrial life
look no further than this lively overview of the laws of evolution that have produced life on
earth' Frans de Waal author of Mama's Last Hug
