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The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life

★ Goodread’s Choice Awards – Science & Technology ★ National Book Award for Non-Fiction Longlist ★ ScienceNews.org Best Books of the Year

Focused on a Radical New History of Life, The Tangled Tree brings David Quammen's science narrative to a complex and consequential subject. The narrative identifies the people, decisions, and pressures that shaped the subject, then places those developments within the wider field of science. Attention to evidence keeps the discussion anchored while allowing disagreement, uncertainty, and unintended consequences to remain visible. What emerges is a nuanced account of the subject, its immediate consequences, and its wider meaning. Historical context and individual experience remain equally important to the book's explanation.

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Incorporated
Publication date: 2019
Format: Print edition
Pages: 480
ISBN: 9781476776637

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