Henry Gee

WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2022'Exhilaratingly whizzes through billions of years . . .Gee is a marvellously engaging writer, juggling humour, precision, polemic and poetry to enrich his impossibly telescoped account . . .[making] clear sense out of very complex narratives' - The Times'Henry Gee makes the kaleidoscopically changing canvas of life understandable and exciting. Who will enjoy reading this book? - Everybody!' Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs, and SteelFor billions of years, Earth was an inhospitably alien place - covered with churning seas, slowly crafting its landscape by way of incessant volcanic eruptions, the atmosphere in a constant state of chemical flux. And yet, despite facing literally every conceivable setback that living organisms could encounter, life has been extinguished and picked itself up to evolve again.

The idea of a missing link between humanity and our animal ancestors predates evolution and popular science The author takes aim at this misleading notion arguing that it reflects a profound misunderstanding of how evolution works and when applied to the evolution of our own species supports mistaken ideas about our own place in the universe

El paleontólogo Henry Gee y el ilustrador Luis V. Rey han recogido en este libro de sorprendentes imágenes los últimos descubrimientos sobre el mundo de los dinosaurios. Junto con interesantes detalles sobre la vida de estos gigantes, el lector podra contemplarlos en su habitat original con la mirada de un naturalista.

Com admirável capacidade de síntese, Henry Gee — que há trinta anos é editor da revista Nature, para a qual também escreve — responde em doze compactos capítulos às perguntas de onde viemos e para on

L’espèce humaine est-elle en voie de disparition ?Pour le paléontologue Henry Gee, cela ne fait aucun doute : Homo sapiens, comme les dinosaures ou Néandertal avant lui, est promis à l’extinction. Ma

Discover the story of life on our planet as you have never seen it before! The perfect gift for the curious of any age.From the first tiny bubbles of life in the ocean to the arrival of endlessly adaptable apes, this is the ultimate survival story.In 30 bite-size chapters, Nature editor and author of the award-winning A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth, Henry Gee tells the incredible, unlikely story of life on our planet, with vibrant colour illustrations from Raxenne Maniquiz. The Wonder of Life on Earth packs billions of years of evolution into one amazing 80-page book, journeying through disasters, evolutionary oddities, and a planet shaped by supervolcanoes, toxic air, and asteroids always focusing on the most pivotal, important moments.Talented botanical illustrator Raxenne Maniquiz brings to life a parade of strange and marvellous creatures. Travel back in time to look inside bacteria and the first cells, to the planets first trees and plants, to the weird rangeomorphs, and on to armoured fishes, dinosaurs, nimble mammals and resourceful apes and primates.Henrys gripping narrative makes it easy to understand the carbon cycle, natural selection, fossilisation and the galactic fluctuations that have shaped our planet and the life on its surface.Complete with a glossary, a timeline and a view into the future, this astonishing and readable natural history is perfect for younger readers and anyone looking for an accessible introduction to the biggest topic around: LIFE.

Winner of the Royal Society Science Book.Exhilaratingly whizzes through billions of years . . . Gee is a marvellously engaging writer - The Times4.6 billion years of the story of life on Earth, in twelve concise chapters. Brief, brilliant and entirely gripping.For billions of years, Earth was an inhospitably alien place covered with churning seas, slowly crafting its landscape through volcanic eruptions, the atmosphere in a constant state of chemical flux. And yet, despite facing literally every conceivable setback that living organisms could encounter, life has been extinguished and picked itself up to evolve again.From that first foray to the spread of early hominids who later became Homo sapiens, life has persisted, undaunted. A (Very) Short History of Life: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Chapters is an enlightening story of survival, of persistence, illuminating the delicate balance within which life has always existed, and continues to exist today. It is our planet like youve never seen it before.Dr Henry Gee presents creatures from gregarious bacteria populating the seas to duelling dinosaurs in the Triassic period, to magnificent mammals with the future in their grasp. Lifes evolutionary steps from the development of a digestive system to the awe of creatures taking to the skies in flight are conveyed with an up-close intimacy.Henry Gee makes the kaleidoscopically changing canvas of life understandable and exciting. Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs, and Steel

Brilliant The TimesHugely informative and entertaining New ScientistPut this at the head of your reading lists immediately Eric IdleFrom the winner of the 2022 Royal Society Science Book Prize, a thrilling and thought-provoking account of the rise and fall of humankind.For the first time in over ten millennia, the rate of human population growth is slowing down. The global population is forecast to begin declining in the second half of this century, and in 10,000 years time our species will likely be extinct.In The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire, Henry Gee shows how we arrived at this crucial moment in history, beginning his story deep in the palaeolithic past and charting our dramatic rise from one species of human among many to the most dominant animal ever to live on Earth.But rapid climate change, a stagnating global economy, falling birth rates and an unexplainable decline in average human sperm count are combining to make our chances for longevity increasingly slim. There could be a way forward, but the launch window is narrow . . .Drawing on a dazzling array of the latest scientific research, Gee tells the extraordinary story of humanity with characteristic warmth and wit, and suggests how our exceptional species might avoid its tragic fate.Like Jared Diamond meets Arthur C. Clarke with a dash of Douglas Adams Philip Ball, author of How Life Works

UNA (MUY) BREVE HISTORIA DE LA VIDA EN LA TIERRA4600 millones de años en solo 12 capítulosEl autor consigue explicar en forma entretenida y entendible el complicado proceso de transformación de nuestro planeta desde una bola de gases perdidos en el Universo hasta nuestros dias.Un libro ideal para que todo el mundo pueda conocer y entender como se ha formado el mundo y como se ha desarrollado la vida.Segun Jared Diamond, es el mejor libro disponible sobre la evolucion de la vida en la Tierra.El Dr. Henry Gee nacio en 1962. Se formo en las universidades de Leeds y Cambridge. Durante mas de tres decadas ha sido redactor y editor de la revista cientifica internacional Nature. Ha escrito varios libros de divulgacion cientifica aclamados por critica y publico.

Nature editor and Science Book Prize winner Henry Gee explores the future of our species and our probable extinction while suggesting how through technological innovation we might indefinitely pos

UNA (MUY) BREVE HISTORIA DE LA VIDA EN LA TIERRA4600 millones de años en solo 12 capítulosEl autor consigue explicar en formaá entretenida y entendible el complicado proceso de transformación de nuestro planeta desde una bola de gases perdidos en el Universo hasta nuestros dias.Un libro ideal para que todo el mundo pueda conocer y entender como se ha formado el mundo y como se ha desarrollado la vida.Segun Jared Diamond, es el mejor libro disponible sobre la evolucion de la vida en la Tierra.El Dr. Henry Gee nacio en 1962. Se formo en las universidades de Leeds y Cambridge. Durante mas de tres decadas ha sido redactor y editor de la revista cientifica internacional Nature. Ha escrito varios libros de divulgacion cientifica aclamados por critica y publico.a

La escalera de Jacob nos ofrece una explicación lúcida y sencilla de lo que realmente nos revela la secuenciación del genoma humano. El biólogo evolutivo Henry Gee muestra que conocer la secuenciación es solo el comienzo de una gran aventura, como ver las letras y las palabras en el acto de leer. La proxima frontera es comprender fragmentos de las conversaciones entre los genes: como interactuan para dirigir el crecimiento de un organismo. El autor nos lleva al nucleo de esa conversacion, aclarando como los genes gobiernan la milagrosa transformacion de una unica celula madre en un ser humano y como continuan dirigiendo el desarrollo diario de esa persona durante el resto de su vida. Gee nos cuenta la historia de lo que sabemos sobre el genoma y lo que es probable que descubramos en un futuro mas o menos proximo. A medida que avancen nuestros conocimientos, seremos capaces de dirigir con creciente autoridad las conversaciones entre los genes, no solo realizando intervenciones medicas, sino creando guiones enteros sobre el nacimiento, la descendencia y la diversidad en un nuevo mundo feliz.