Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life by Jason Roberts is a gripping work of science writing that follows the ambitious quest to understand, classify, and name the living world. Blending history, discovery, and ideas, it explores the people and rivalries behind one of science’s most fascinating pursuits.
Ideal for readers who enjoy intelligent, well-researched nonfiction, this book brings together the excitement of discovery with big questions about how we make sense of nature. Every Living Thing offers an engaging look at the drive to know life itself, and the challenges that come with mapping the complexity of the natural world.
