Bookbot

Origin Story

A Big History of Everything

Más información sobre el libro

This is the epic story of the universe and our place in it, from 13.8 billion years ago to the remote future. How did we get from the Big Bang to today's staggering complexity, in which seven billion humans are connected into networks powerful enough to transform the planet? David Christian gives the answers in a mind-expanding cosmological detective story told on the grandest possible scale. He traces how, during eight key thresholds, the right conditions have allowed new forms of complexity to arise, from stars to galaxies, Earth to homo sapiens, agriculture to fossil fuels. This global origin story is one that we could only begin to tell recently, thanks to the underlying unity of modern knowledge. Panoramic in scope and thrillingly told, Origin Story reveals what we learn about human existence when we consider it from a universal scale.

Compra de libros

Origin Story, David Christian

Idioma
Publicado en
2019
product-detail.submit-box.info.binding
(Tapa blanda),
Estado del libro
Dañado
Precio
10,17 €

Métodos de pago

Nadie lo ha calificado todavía.Añadir reseña

Título
Origin Story
Subtítulo
A Big History of Everything
Idioma
Inglés
Publicado en
2019
Formato
Tapa blanda
Páginas
368
ISBN10
0141983027
ISBN13
9780141983028
Serie
Descripción
This is the epic story of the universe and our place in it, from 13.8 billion years ago to the remote future. How did we get from the Big Bang to today's staggering complexity, in which seven billion humans are connected into networks powerful enough to transform the planet? David Christian gives the answers in a mind-expanding cosmological detective story told on the grandest possible scale. He traces how, during eight key thresholds, the right conditions have allowed new forms of complexity to arise, from stars to galaxies, Earth to homo sapiens, agriculture to fossil fuels. This global origin story is one that we could only begin to tell recently, thanks to the underlying unity of modern knowledge. Panoramic in scope and thrillingly told, Origin Story reveals what we learn about human existence when we consider it from a universal scale.