Andrew H. Knoll studies the interdependence of the evolution of life and the evolution of our planet. He presents his book, "Earth and Life: A Four Billion Year Conversation," in conversation with his colleague, environmental scientist Robin Wordsworth, who serves as Co-Director of Graduate Studies at Harvard University.
Presented at the Harvard Geological Lecture Hall by Harvard Book Store, the Harvard University Division of Science, the Harvard Library, and Long Now Boston.
Andrew Knoll, Ph.D., is Fisher Professor of Natural History; Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Emeritus at Harvard University. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the American Academy of Microbiology. Dr. Knoll has received many prestigious awards for his outstanding research on the interdependence of the evolution of life and the evolution of our planet. He is the author of, "Life on a Young Planet: The First Three Billion Years of Life on Earth" (2003) and "Earth and Life: A Four Billion Year Conversation" (2026).
Robin Wordsworth leads the Planetary Climate and Habitability research group at Harvard University. He completed an undergraduate degree at the University of Birmingham and a DPhil at Oxford University in the UK, followed by postdoctoral work at the Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique in Paris and at the University of Chicago.
