Becoming EarthThe 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