Togetherness

Stunning … My review copy of Togetherness is now peppered with marginal annotations of ‘Wow!’ * Guardian *
[An] eye-opening book * Observer *
Hooper proves an eloquent advocate for his ideas. Symbiosis, he argues, ‘is fundamental to how life began, how it evolved, and how it operates’ * Mail on Sunday *
Absolutely enthralling. I was hooked from the first sentence – Bill Bryson
This beautifully written and meticulously researched book makes a vivid and powerful case for symbiotic co-operation in evolution – Richard Dawkins
Pure magic – Caitlin Moran
Tremendous – a panorama, or cyclorama, or cosmorama of life – Philip Pullman
This book reshapes our ideas about science, nature and ourselves. The revelations in this book made me rethink the world’ – Chris Packham
Hooper challenges the idea that life is driven chiefly by competition, showing instead how deeply nature depends on co-operation. From figs and wasps to coral and gut microbes, this is an eye-opening account of symbiosis and survival * i Paper *
A clarion call for cooperation at a time when competition, chaos and cruelty seem to rule the day … This is a joyful book, of hope and wonder, which celebrates community as the true key to success in nature – Steve Brusatte

Rowan Hooper is podcast editor at New Scientist and host of the New Scientist Weekly podcast. He has been at New Scientist for over 15 years, covering all aspects of science. He has a PhD in evolutionary biology and worked in a conservation biology lab in Japan for five years, before joining the Japan Times in Tokyo and later taking up a fellowship in a physics lab at Trinity College Dublin. His work has also appeared in the Economist, the Guardian, Wired, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post.

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