Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution

Yes I am rating it because I went to the trouble of reading it. Not going to lie, one of my least favourite non-fictions. Probably because I was forced to read it but also it was quite strange and I dont think that I was really taught anything. It was all kind of short snippets of knowledge and nothing in that much detail. I did however like the pictures (something which normally makes a non-fiction good in my books).

Great overview of Understood life upgrades

Nick Lane has done a great job explaining the current mainstream scientific consensus view of how life has improved itself over the eons. He has chosen topics from how life could have started in the first place, multi-cellular life, to hot blooded-ness and consciousness. I consider myself to have a passing knowledge of most scientific knowledge but I found myself learning a great deal and found it fascinating. Recommended if you love science and biology.

This is quite a good popular science book. Wide ranging and well written, it is not watered-down pap.
4+ stars.