Becoming Earth

How Our Planet Came to Life

De: Ferris Jabr

Narrado por: Joe Ochman

The New York Times Bestseller.

A radically thought-provoking account of a major shift in how we understand our Earth, not simply as an inanimate planet on which life evolved, but rather as a planet that came to life.

‘Full of conceptual twists and wonderful character’ - Ed Yong, author of An Immense World
'Poetic . . . engaging . . . lucid' - The Times Literary Supplement

The notion of a living world is one of humanity’s oldest beliefs. Though once scorned by many scientists, the concept of Earth as a vast interconnected living system has gained acceptance in recent decades. Life not only adapts to its surroundings – it also shapes them in dramatic and enduring ways.

Over billions of years, life transformed a lump of orbiting rock into our cosmic oasis, breathing oxygen into the atmosphere, concocting the modern oceans, and turning rock into fertile soil. Life is intertwined with Earth’s capacity to regulate its climate and maintain balance.

Through compelling narrative, evocative descriptions and lucid explanations, Becoming Earth shows us how Earth became the world we’ve known, how it is rapidly becoming a very different world, and how we will determine what kind of Earth our descendants inherit for millennia to come.

'Wide-ranging and thought-provoking' - The Guardian
'A compelling account of interconnectedness' - New Scientist


* Becoming Earth was a New York Times bestseller week of 13.04.25

Reseñas de la Crítica

<b>Poetic </b>. . . engaging . . . lucid

Vivid . . . eloquent . . . <b>beautiful</b>

Wide-ranging and <b>thought-provoking</b>

A <b>compelling </b>account of interconnectedness

An ode to life&#39;s ability to adapt, transform, and create the conditions for its own flourishing . . . <b>Elegantly told</b>

<b>Mind-opening</b>

<b>Wonderful</b>

<b>Lyrical</b>, smart . . . will make you appreciate our home planet in countless new ways (NPR)

<b>This is the book I&#39;d been waiting for</b>. It tells my favorite kind of science story: one that seems at first counter-intuitive, but then quickly becomes obviously true &ndash; a story so important and compelling that I am going to be recommending it for years. (Hank Green, co-host of Vlogbrothers)

<i>Becoming Earth</i> is <b>a glorious paean to our living world, full of achingly beautiful passages, mind-bending conceptual twists, and wonderful characters</b>. Ferris Jabr reveals how Earth not only gave rise to life, and now teems with it, but has also been profoundly, miraculously shaped by it. (Ed Yong, Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist and author of An Immense World, winner of the Royal Society Science Book Prize)

I did not expect to experience joy when I opened <i>Becoming Earth</i>, but I did, and I do. The <b>ambition, eloquence, and erudition</b> in this dragonfly droneflight of a book are absolutely <b>exhilarating</b>. (John Vaillant, author of Fire Weather and winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize 2023)

<b>An astonishing book, weaving together science, history, and the author&#39;s unfailingly precise observations with the grace of a poet.</b> (Steve Silberman, author of NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize)

This<b> wondrous </b>book reveals our living planet for the miracle that it is. By the end, you may even feel that &#39;miracle&#39; is an understatement. The story of Earth is the story of a planet reworked, remade &ndash; and, to an astonishing degree, created &ndash; by life itself. Wow. (Carl Safina, author of Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel)

<b>Fascinating, thought-provoking, and, ultimately, inspiring</b>. (Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction)

<b>Gorgeously written and brimming with fascinating science and provocative ideas</b> (Dan Fagin, author of Toms River, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction)