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What on Earth Happened?

The Complete Story of the Planet, Life and People from the Big Bang to the Present Day

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  • 416pages
  • 15 heures de lecture

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<div> <div><p><b>A gorgeously illustrated and wholly comprehensive timeline of the earth's entire history that explains how everything is interconnected. </b></p><p>As comprehensive as the subtitle suggests, <i>What on Earth Happened </i>is a primer for Planet Earth, a giant narrative leap across time and space, one seismic change at a time. Combining the history of earth science and the history of human civilization, <i>What on Earth Happened </i>covers how the earth was formed, how life began, the way the ecosystem works, how species evolved, the rise of man, migration, the development of tools, language, agriculture, art, transportation, architecture, cities, religion, government, global conflicts, and medicine. In short, it shows how everything—from the mountains and flowers and the birds and the bees to the Iraq war and the oil under the Arctic—is all wonderfully, complexly interconnected.</p>Entertaining and accessible—and gorgeously illustrated with specially commissioned graphs, charts and maps—<i>What on Earth Happened</i> connects the dots of the past to tell a coherent, comprehensive, and compelling story about our very own third rock from the sun.</div> </div>

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What on Earth Happened?, Christopher Lloyd

Langue
Année de publication
2008
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(rigide),
État du livre
Bon
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6,49 €

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Titre
What on Earth Happened?
Sous-titre
The Complete Story of the Planet, Life and People from the Big Bang to the Present Day
Langue
Anglais
Publié
2008
Format
rigide
Pages
416
ISBN10
0747594597
ISBN13
9780747594598
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<div> <div><p><b>A gorgeously illustrated and wholly comprehensive timeline of the earth's entire history that explains how everything is interconnected. </b></p><p>As comprehensive as the subtitle suggests, <i>What on Earth Happened </i>is a primer for Planet Earth, a giant narrative leap across time and space, one seismic change at a time. Combining the history of earth science and the history of human civilization, <i>What on Earth Happened </i>covers how the earth was formed, how life began, the way the ecosystem works, how species evolved, the rise of man, migration, the development of tools, language, agriculture, art, transportation, architecture, cities, religion, government, global conflicts, and medicine. In short, it shows how everything—from the mountains and flowers and the birds and the bees to the Iraq war and the oil under the Arctic—is all wonderfully, complexly interconnected.</p>Entertaining and accessible—and gorgeously illustrated with specially commissioned graphs, charts and maps—<i>What on Earth Happened</i> connects the dots of the past to tell a coherent, comprehensive, and compelling story about our very own third rock from the sun.</div> </div>