Jason Roberts

The dramatic, globe-spanning and meticulously-researched story of two scientific rivals and their race to survey all life. In the 18th century, two men dedicated their lives to the same daunting task: identifying and describing all life on Earth. Their approaches could not have been more different. Carl Linnaeus, a pious Swedish doctor with a huckster's flair, believed that life belonged in tidy, static categories. Georges-Louis de Buffon, an aristocratic polymath and keeper of France's royal garden, viewed life as a dynamic, ever-changing swirl of complexities. Both began believing their work to be difficult, but not impossible--how could the planet possibly hold more than a few thousand species? Stunned by life's diversity, both fell far short of their goal. But in the process they articulated starkly divergent views on nature, on humanity's role in shaping the fate of our planet, and on humanity itself. The rivalry between these two unique, driven individuals created reverberations that still echo today. Linnaeus, with the help of acolyte explorers he called "apostles" (only half of whom returned alive), gave the world such concepts as mammal, primate and homo sapiens--but he also denied species change and promulgated racist pseudo-science. Buffon coined the term reproduction, formulated early prototypes of evolution and genetics, and argued passionately against prejudice. It was a clash that, during their lifetimes, Buffon seemed to be winning. But their posthumous fates would take a very different turn. With elegant, propulsive prose grounded in more than a decade of research, bestselling author Jason Roberts tells an unforgettable true-life tale of intertwined lives and enduring legacies, tracing an arc of insight and discovery that extends across three centuries into the present day.

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No século XVIII, dois homens da mesma idade, mas com personalidades totalmente opostas, dedicaram as suas vidas a uma tarefa colossal: identificar e descrever todas as formas de vida na Terra. Carl Linnaeus, um medico sueco muito devoto e com dotes de comerciante, considerava que a classificaço devia corresponder a categorias ordenadas e estaticas. Pelo contrario, Georges-Louis de Buffon, aristocrata, polimata e diretor do Jardin du Roi de França, via a vida como um turbilho dinamico e complexo. Cada um deles desenvolveu o seu trabalho ciente das dificuldades envolvidas, mas acreditando que era possivel realiza-lo. Interrogavam-se: como podia o planeta albergar apenas alguns milhares de especies? Apos mais de uma decada de investigaço, Jason Roberts narra, com uma prosa agil e elegante, uma inesquecivel e sedutora historia veridica que examina as vidas entrelaçadas e os legados cientificos destes dois grandes pioneiros. Um livro que traça um arco de conhecimento e descoberta que se estende por tres seculos ate aos dias de hoje.

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER An epic, extraordinary account of scientific rivalry and obsession in the quest to survey all of life on Earth[An] engaging and thought-provoking book, one focused on the theatrical politics and often deeply troubling science that shape our definitions of life on Earth.The New York TimesA fluent and engaging account of the eighteenth-century origins of Darwinism before Darwin.The Wall Street JournalWINNER OF THE PEN/E.O. WILSON LITERARY SCIENCE WRITING AWARD A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEARIn the eighteenth century, two menexact contemporaries and polar oppositesdedicated their lives to the same daunting task: identifying and describing all life on Earth. Carl Linnaeus, a pious Swedish doctor with a hucksters flair, believed that life belonged in tidy, static categories. Georges-Louis de Buffon, an aristocratic polymath and keeper of Frances royal garden, viewed life as a dynamic swirl of complexities. Each began his task believing it to be difficult but not impossible: How could the planet possibly hold more than a few thousand speciesor as many could fit on Noahs Ark?Both fell far short of their goal, but in the process they articulated starkly divergent views on nature, the future of the Earth, and humanity itself. Linnaeus gave the world such concepts as mammal, primate, and Homo sapiens, but he also denied that species change and he promulgated racist pseudoscience. Buffon formulated early prototypes of evolution and genetics, warned of global climate change, and argued passionately against prejudice. The clash of their conflicting worldviews continued well after their deaths, as their successors contended for dominance in the emerging science that came to be called biology.In Every Living Thing, Jason Roberts weaves a sweeping, unforgettable narrative spell, exploring the intertwined lives and legacies of Linnaeus and Buffonas well as the groundbreaking, often fatal adventures of their acolytesto trace an arc of insight and discovery that extends across three centuries into the present day.

Un récit aussi fascinant que la nature elle-même. Ils ont consacré leur existence à une tâche colossale : identifier et décrire toutes les formes de vie. Cela semblait difficile, mais pas impossible

*Premio Pulitzer 2025 de Biografía*Linneo y Buffon: unrelatoextraordinario derivalidad yambiciónporclasificartoda lavidaen la tierra.«Una narración, épica y extraordinaria, de rivalidad y obsesión ci

WINNER OF THE 2025 PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHYAn Economist book of the year 2024.The dramatic, globe-spanning and meticulously-researched story of two scientific rivals and their race to survey all life.In the 18th century, two men dedicated their lives to the same daunting task: identifying and describing all life on Earth. Their approaches could not have been more different. Carl Linnaeus, a pious Swedish doctor with a hucksters flair, believed that life belonged in tidy, static categories. Georges-Louis de Buffon, an aristocratic polymath and keeper of Frances royal garden, viewed life as a dynamic, ever-changing swirl of complexities. Both began believing their work to be difficult, but not impossible--how could the planet possibly hold more than a few thousand species? Stunned by lifes diversity, both fell far short of their goal. But in the process they articulated starkly divergent views on nature, on humanitys role in shaping the fate of our planet, and on humanity itself. The rivalry between these two unique, driven individuals created reverberations that still echo today. Linnaeus, with the help of acolyte explorers he called "apostles" (only half of whom returned alive), gave the world such concepts as mammal, primate and homo sapiens--but he also denied species change and promulgated racist pseudo-science. Buffon coined the term reproduction, formulated early prototypes of evolution and genetics, and argued passionately against prejudice. It was a clash that, during their lifetimes, Buffon seemed to be winning. But their posthumous fates would take a very different turn.With elegant, propulsive prose grounded in more than a decade of research, bestselling author Jason Roberts tells an unforgettable true-life tale of intertwined lives and enduring legacies, tracing an arc of insight and discovery that extends across three centuries into the present day.

*Premio Pulitzer 2025 de Biografía*Linneo y Buffon: unrelatoextraordinario derivalidad yambiciónporclasificartoda lavidaen la tierra.«Una narración, épica y extraordinaria, de rivalidad y obsesión ci

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*Premio Pulitzer 2025 de Biografía* Linneo y Buffon: un relato extraordinario de rivalidad y ambición por clasificar toda la vida en la tierra. «Una narración, épica y extraordinaria, de rivalidad y