This Is Life: A Journey from Inside Your Body to Beyond Earth
Autor Christophe Galfarden Limba Engleză Hardback – 17 sep 2026
What is life? In this majestic book, Christophe Galfard, celebrated author and former graduate student of Stephen Hawking, takes us on a wonder-filled voyage to answer this question. He guides us from our planet’s birth and the mysterious bacteria that lived billions of years ago, through the extreme evolutionary turns that saw dog-sized sea scorpions and trees covered in scales, to the visionary discoveries of the past two centuries that have allowed us to understand human bodies and imagine alien ones.
With Galfard as our guide, readers go back in time to Earth’s origins, swim inside our bloodstream, and sail in space beyond the safety of our terrestrial haven. We experience the birth of Earth, the demise of the dinosaurs, and the possible creation of life in outer space. This Is Life offers a glimpse of other worlds detected only in recent years, beyond the Solar System, where life could be thriving. The end of the book’s journey signals new beginnings, and we are left with the overwhelming sense that, as members of a long line of living creatures, we belong to a reality far greater and more complex than we ever imagined.
Through brilliant storytelling and delightful humor, Galfard connects the latest scientific discoveries and makes the secrets of the living world accessible to all. This Is Life will transform the way you see the world and your place in it.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780226853956
ISBN-10: 0226853950
Pagini: 400
Ilustrații: 27 halftones
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10: 0226853950
Pagini: 400
Ilustrații: 27 halftones
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press
Notă biografică
Christophe Galfard is a theoretical physicist turned international pop-science author based in Paris. He coauthored George’s Secret Key to the Universe with Stephen Hawking and his daughter Lucy Hawking. Galfard’s most recent best-selling book, The Universe in Your Hand, has been translated into more than twenty languages.
Recenzii
“With vivid detail, Galfard places the reader in key scenes of Earth and life’s geology, astronomy, evolution, and catastrophes—not just describing but, like a good novelist, bringing you there. Simple, personal, and alluring, his prose teaches as it pulls you into this history that celebrates rather than neglects women of science.”
“The whole shebang of life sciences in one book, glorious, thrilling, and inspiring, from Aristotle to mRNA vaccines. Every page is a startling revelation in who we are and what life truly is.”
“I can't remember when I last enjoyed a biology book so much. Galfard brings to life with remarkable storytelling his exploration of where we come from as a species.”
“This is a gorgeous, glorious romp through the sciences, from physics to genetics to geology to paleontology, to address the biggest question of all: what is life? The reader is in safe hands with Galfard, whose charming, expressive writing leads you gently through some of the greatest discoveries humans have ever made.”
“A wonderful, compelling read. I loved the integration of modern science with the history of science. Few popular science books are so unputdownable—I read it in two days.”
“Reading Christophe Galfard feels like you’re having a chat with a friendly scientist over a coffee—a chat that ends with a grand appreciation for how the physical universe enables our own existence.”
“A thoroughly original, enjoyable read, written with much humanity and humor, this book takes the reader across eons of time from the first chemical building blocks to the emergence of the vast zoo of life on Earth we know today.”
“This Is Life is peppered with delightful and unexpected anecdotes. Through some elegant tricks of perspective, Galfard manages to illuminate the elusive subject of ‘life,’ while always maintaining a fully human focus.”
“I have rarely enjoyed clinging to life after an Asteroid collision quite as much. An entertaining, expert guide to the precarious, miraculous and wondrous journey to where we are now.”
“The whole shebang of life sciences in one book, glorious, thrilling, and inspiring, from Aristotle to mRNA vaccines. Every page is a startling revelation in who we are and what life truly is.”
“I can't remember when I last enjoyed a biology book so much. Galfard brings to life with remarkable storytelling his exploration of where we come from as a species.”
“This is a gorgeous, glorious romp through the sciences, from physics to genetics to geology to paleontology, to address the biggest question of all: what is life? The reader is in safe hands with Galfard, whose charming, expressive writing leads you gently through some of the greatest discoveries humans have ever made.”
“A wonderful, compelling read. I loved the integration of modern science with the history of science. Few popular science books are so unputdownable—I read it in two days.”
“Reading Christophe Galfard feels like you’re having a chat with a friendly scientist over a coffee—a chat that ends with a grand appreciation for how the physical universe enables our own existence.”
“A thoroughly original, enjoyable read, written with much humanity and humor, this book takes the reader across eons of time from the first chemical building blocks to the emergence of the vast zoo of life on Earth we know today.”
“This Is Life is peppered with delightful and unexpected anecdotes. Through some elegant tricks of perspective, Galfard manages to illuminate the elusive subject of ‘life,’ while always maintaining a fully human focus.”
“I have rarely enjoyed clinging to life after an Asteroid collision quite as much. An entertaining, expert guide to the precarious, miraculous and wondrous journey to where we are now.”
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From the author of the international bestseller The Universe in Your Hand, a riveting and comprehensive guide to everything we know about life, from the impossibly intricate workings of cells to the mind-boggling mechanics of evolution.
From the author of the international bestseller The Universe in Your Hand, a riveting and comprehensive guide to everything we know about life, from the impossibly intricate workings of cells to the mind-boggling mechanics of evolution.