Infinite Life – Jules Howard

f you think of an egg, what do you see in your mind’s eye? A chicken egg, hard-boiled? A slimy mass of frogspawn? A human egg cell or the majestic marble-blue eggs of the blackbird?

What came first – the chicken or the egg? In his engaging book, Infinite Life: A Revolutionary Story of Eggs, Evolution and Life on Earth, Jules Howard takes the reader on a mind-bending journey from the coastlines of the Cambrian Period and Carboniferous coal forests, where insects were stirring, to the end of the age of dinosaurs when live-birthing mammals began their modern rise to power. This beautifully illustrated talk reveals the role of the humble egg in the story of life on earth.

Jules Howard is a zoological correspondent and prize winning science writer.

‘Jules Howard’s egg’s-eye view of evolution is dripping with fascinating insights’ – Alice Roberts

‘In a book that brilliantly evokes past eras, Howard provides a new perspective on the history of life on Earth.’  – The Mail on Sunday