life

"The inimitable Stephen Colbert conquers new territory with his first children's book...for adults. In January 2012, Stephen Colbert interviewed Maurice Sendak, and it was one of the most highly-rated and hilarious segments on The Colbert Report to date. During the interview, Colbert unveiled a children's book called I AM A POLE (AND SO CAN YOU!). There was an outpouring of enthusiasm for the book, which led to a demand for the real thing. So, here it is"--Provided by publisher.

Tells the story of scientist Paul Hoffman's attempts to prove his theory that the Earth experienced a climatic catastrophe 700 million years ago that left the planet completely frozen over, an event that triggered the Cambrian Explosion in complex life forms.

Presents fourteen reflective essays on the natural world, including such places as the North Pole, an Ecuadorian jungle, the Galapagos Islands, and Washington state.

The debate over whether fossilized traces of microbial life were found in meteorites from Mars is reexamined in this informative and highly readable account with 16 pages of new photographs.