Every Living Thing
Man's Obsessive Quest to Catalog Life, from Nanobacteria to New Monkeys

I really enjoyed this book, which looks at scientists through the ages, many of whom are more than a little bit dotty. Especially Linnaeus, of course. I learned a lot about archaea and nanobacteria (or maybe nanons, the jury's still out on the ultimate nomenclature), but mostly this book is about hu......more

Other than stealing the title from a classic, Dunn presents an acceptable original work telling of discovery and hardship in science.......more

The author does takes us through a journey of how humans, (at least in the western science tradition), have gone around understanding the biological entities around them and how that understanding has changed drastically due to new ideas and discoveries.......more