The Origin of Life on the Earth by MK Gali

Written in accessible and engaging language, The Origin of Life on the Earth by MK Gali is a thought-provoking and deeply researched book exploring scientific thought throughout recorded human history. Explicating religious traditions over thousands of years and slowly debunking historical belief systems, this book provides a comprehensive perspective on where and how life began, seen through the knowledge and claims of everyone from ancient Greek philosophers to Charles Darwin. There is an impartial, journalistic feel to certain sections, but the author’s personality is also allowed to shine, despite keeping his personal beliefs opaque. This volume stops at the year 1900, so given how challenges to belief have become more commonplace, the next volume should prove even more enlightening for non-scientific readers who want a better grasp of life’s ultimate origin.