Infinite Life
The Revolutionary Story of Eggs, Evolution, and Life on Earth

This was a proper interesting book, well written in a way that makes it easy to follow for somebody with very little knowledge in this area. How interesting exactly you ask? Well, interesting enough that nobody fell asleep when I explained all the many new things I learnt, two people have actually o......more

Beautifully written. The author takes us through a scenic history of varying landscapes all home to egg-layers and their broods. These eggs come in different sizes, colors, and textures. They reside in numerous places - including inside their mothers. They tell stories of hardship, resilience, balan......more

Absolutely delightful in-depth popular science book on eggs written and read by Jules Howard. Not bird eggs per se though they are covered, but all form of animal egg going back to the earliest things that can even be called an egg. Essentially, it is an evolutionary history of life on Earth told th......more

Thank you to NetGalley and Elliot and Thompson for the opportunity to read an e-copy. The opinion is my own. This is a well written book that I found both engaging and full of information. That it stretches from the beginning of life to nowadays and how reproduction evolved without dragging but inste......more

Not impressed by the research, writing, or organisation of this book. There are good egg facts in here but everything is over-explained and it jumps around topics at random. I'm no paleontologist but I am a biologist and several statements made me go "hmm...I'm not sure thats right."......more