Science and Society | A Four Billion Year Conversation Between Earth and Life

• Tuesday, April 7 @ 5:00 pm
• Lewes Public Library, Lewes, DE

How did the world as we know it—from the earth beneath our feet to the air we breathe and the life that surrounds us—come to be? Geologists have proposed one set of answers while biologists have proposed another. In his new book, Earth & Life, Andrew Knoll says both perspectives are required to understand how we and our planet became possible: Geological and atmospheric dynamics have sustained life, and life itself has shaped the physical environment. A better understanding of these interactions over Earth’s four billion year history can help us navigate the challenges of the Anthropocene and aid our search for life elsewhere in the universe, he argues.

Andrew H. Knoll is the Fisher Research Professor of Natural History and Earth and Planetary Sciences, Emeritus, at Harvard University. He is the best-selling author of A Brief History of Earth, a recipient of the International Prize for Biology and the Crafoord Prize, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

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