THE ZOOLOGISTS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY

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 produ