Biology

A Series of Fortunate Events: Chance and the Making of the Planet, Life, and You

    Narrator
  • Sean B. Carroll

"Fascinating and exhilarating鈥擲ean B. Carroll at his very best."鈥擝ill Bryson, author of The Body: A Guide for Occupants

In this audiobook, acclaimed writer and biologist Sean B. Carroll narrates the rollicking, awe-inspiring story of the surprising power of chance in our lives and the world



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Oct 6, 2020
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2020
Runtime:
4 hours 48 minutes
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Biology
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Why is the world the way it is? How did we get here? Does everything happen for a reason or are some things left to chance? Philosophers and theologians have pondered these questions for millennia, but startling scientific discoveries over the past half century are revealing that we live in a world driven by chance. A Series of Fortunate Events tells the story of the awesome power of chance and how it is the surprising source of all the beauty and diversity in the living world.

Like every other species, we humans are here by accident. But it is shocking just how many things鈥攁ny of which might never have occurred鈥攈ad to happen in certain ways for any of us to exist. From an extremely improbable asteroid impact, to the wild gyrations of the Ice Age, to invisible accidents in our parents鈥� gonads, we are all here through an astonishing series of fortunate events. And chance continues to reign every day over the razor-thin line between our life and death.

This is a relatively small book about a really big idea. It is also a spirited tale. Drawing inspiration from Monty Python, Kurt Vonnegut, and other great thinkers, and crafted by one of today’s most accomplished science storytellers, A Series of Fortunate Events is an irresistibly entertaining and thought-provoking account of one of the most important but least appreciated facts of life.

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Awards and Recognition

  • Longlisted for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, PEN America
  • One of Waterstones' Books of the Year 2020: Popular Science
  • A New Scientist "Don't Miss" Book
  • Longlisted for the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books for Young Adults