Inquiry into Life vs The Medusa and the Snail: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Biologie, Biology
Inquiry into Life
Wenn der Keller zum Büro und die Asseln zu Kollegen werden...Frank verliert sich immer mehr in seinem Kellerdasein, während seine Frau Sylvia eine steile Karriere hinlegt. Doch als ihr Erfolg ihn regelrecht überrollt,…
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The Medusa and the Snail
“WE'VE NEVER BEEN so self-conscious about our selves as we seem to be these days.”
Includes material on warts, DNA, cloning, and medical economics.
The verdict
- Readers rate The Medusa and the Snail highest: The Medusa and the Snail 3.8 · Inquiry into Life 3.4.
- The Medusa and the Snail is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 15 for Inquiry into Life.
- Inquiry into Life has the widest readership — 102 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Inquiry into Life | The Medusa and the Snail | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.3 (102) | — |
| Hardcover | — | 3.7 (3) |
Reception
| Inquiry into Life | The Medusa and the Snail | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 102 | 3 |
| Editions | 63 | 14 |
| Citations | 42 | — |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 155 | — |
| Reading it now | 21 | — |
| Written reviews | 8 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 166 |
| Pages | 834 | 175 |