Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Supporting your high street Find out how »
The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy : What Animals on Earth Reveal about Aliens - and Ourselves, eAudiobook MP3 eaudioBook

The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy : What Animals on Earth Reveal about Aliens - and Ourselves eAudiobook MP3

Narrated by Samuel West

eAudiobook MP3

eAudio Download - Immediately Available
Please note: eAudiobooks can only be purchased with a UK issued credit card.

Description

Brought to you by Penguin.

We are unprepared for the greatest discovery of modern science. Scientists are confident that there is alien life across the universe yet we have not moved beyond our perception of 'aliens' as Hollywood stereotypes. The time has come to abandon our fixation on alien monsters and place our expectations on solid scientific footing.

Using his own expert understanding of life on Earth and Darwin's theory of evolution - which applies throughout the universe - Cambridge zoologist Dr Arik Kershenbaum explains what alien life must be like.

Observing fishes whose electrical pulses indicate social status, we can see that conditions on other planets might allow for communication by electricity. As there was evolutionary pressure to wriggle along a sea floor, Earthling animals tend to have left/right symmetry; on planets where creatures evolved mid-air or in soupy tar - to be ready to move in any or multiple directions - they might be lacking any symmetry at all. Dr Kershenbaum uses cutting-edge science to paint an entertaining and compelling picture of extra-terrestrial life.

Moreover, as The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy is the story of communication, intelligence, cooperation and technology, on Earth and in space, we see how life really works - and what it means to be human.

(c) Arik Kershenbaum (P) Penguin Audio 2020

Information

Other Formats

Save 20%

£10.83

£8.66

eAudio Download - Immediately Available
Add to Basket
Sign in to add to wishlist
 
Download and listen

eAudiobook

eAudiobook Help

Is this the right eAudiobook for my device? How do I download this eAudiobook? See help and FAQs pages

Information