WHAT ON EARTH HAPPENED?
As comprehensive as the subtitle suggests, What on Earth Happened 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, What on Earth Happened covers how the earth was fo...
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| Language: | English |
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New York
Bloomsbury
2008
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Add Tag | Summary: | As comprehensive as the subtitle suggests, What on Earth Happened 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, What on Earth Happened 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 everythingfrom the mountains and flowers and the birds and the bees to the Iraq war and the oil under the Arcticis all wonderfully, complexly interconnected. Entertaining and accessibleand gorgeously illustrated with specially commissioned graphs, charts and mapsWhat on Earth Happened connects the dots of the past to tell a coherent, comprehensive, and compelling story about our very own third rock from the sun. |
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| Physical Description: | 415 pages illustrations (chiefly color), color maps 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-399) and index |
| ISBN: | 9781596915831 1596915838 |
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