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Interviewer(s)
Art Woods, Marty Martin
Interviewee(s)
Henry Gee
Description
How did life on Earth get from its humble beginnings to the dazzling array of forms we see now and in the fossil record?
On this episode, we talk with paleontologist Henry Gee about his latest book, A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth. The book offers a kaleidoscopic tour through the roughly 4 billion year history of life on Earth in just 288 pages. Gee is a longtime editor at Nature, and a master writer and storyteller. He shares his approach to good writing and discusses why professional science writing is often so dull. We also touch on his favorite chapters in the short history of life on Earth, including why some species evolved such large body sizes.
Additional sound effects for this episode came from www.zapsplat.com.
Cover photo: Keating Shahmehri
Date Published
2-2022
Language
eng
Length of Episode
34 minutes, 53 seconds
Digital File Format
audio/mp3
Document Type
Podcast
Recommended Citation
Woods, Art and Martin, Marty, "Episode 077: A (Very) Short Interview with Henry Gee: 4 Billion Years in 30 Minutes" (2022). BigBiology Podcasts. 78.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/bigbiology_podcasts/78