Otherlands

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“Immersive . . . bracingly ambitious . . . rewinds the story of life on Earth—from the mammoth steppe of the last Ice Age to the dawn of multicellular creatures over 500 million years ago.”—The Economist

LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE • “One of those rare books that’s both deeply informative and daringly imaginative.”—Elizabeth Kolbert, author of Under a White Sky

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, Prospect (UK)

The past is past, but it does leave clues, and Thomas Halliday has used cutting-edge science to decipher them more completely than ever before. In Otherlands, Halliday makes sixteen fossil sites burst to life on the page.

This book is an exploration of the Earth as it used to exist, the changes that have occurred during its history, and the ways that life has found to adapt?or not. It takes us from the savannahs of Pliocene Kenya to watch a python chase a group of australopithecines into an acacia tree; to a cliff overlooking the salt pans of the empty basin of what will be the Mediterranean Sea just as water from the Miocene Atlantic Ocean spills in; into the tropical forests of Eocene Antarctica; and under the shallow pools of Ediacaran Australia, where we glimpse the first microbial life.

Otherlands also offers us a vast perspective on the current state of the planet. The thought that something as vast as the Great Barrier Reef, for example, with all its vibrant diversity, might one day soon be gone sounds improbable. But the fossil record shows us that this sort of wholesale change is not only possible but has repeatedly happened throughout Earth history.

Even as he operates on this broad canvas, Halliday brings us up close to the intricate relationships that defined these lost worlds. In novelistic prose that belies the breadth of his research, he illustrates how ecosystems are formed; how species die out and are replaced; and how species migrate, adapt, and collaborate. It is a breathtaking achievement: a surprisingly emotional narrative about the persistence of life, the fragility of seemingly permanent ecosystems, and the scope of deep time, all of which have something to tell us about our current crisis.

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Adembenemende beschrijvingen van de prehistorische wereld terugreizend in de tijd naar het begin van complex leven dwars door alle zeven continenten dompelt thomas halliday ons onder in oeroude landschappen van de mammoetsteppe in de ijstijd naar de weelderige regenwouden van het antarctica in he Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 uur besteld, maandag in huis .. MEER INFO

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Foyles non fiction book of the year a sunday times top ten bestseller the wainwright prize for nature writing highly commended longlisted for the baillie gifford prize for non fiction a best book of the year in the sunday times telegraph prospect the new yorker and bbc history waterstones non f Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 14 februari 2023

Aantal pagina's: 416

Hoofdauteur: Thomas Halliday

Hoofduitgeverij: Random House Trade Paperbacks

Product breedte: 132 mm

Product hoogte: 20 mm

Product lengte: 201 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 124 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 28 mm

Verpakking lengte: 193 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 295 g

EAN: 9780593132906

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