Felt like I was learning a lot about the various ecologies of Earth, and it was startlingly refreshing to read a book that scarcely mentions a single human name throughout. There were one or two—for example Darwin—but few and far between.

I don't know how much I will retain long term, but it is inspiring while it lasts. I had a copy of The Trials of Life as a child; there is one more book in Attenborough's trilogy that Life on Earth belongs to, but I don't know if I have read that one yet.