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A Brief History of the Last 13.8 Billion Years - a journey through life, the universe, and everything (Hardcover)
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A Brief History of the Last 13.8 Billion Years - a journey through life, the universe, and everything (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R359
Discovery Miles 3 590
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How did time begin? What conditions led to humans evolving on
Earth? Will we survive the Anthropocene? And is it really true that
we're all made from stars? Combining knowledge from chemistry,
biology, and physics, with insights from the social sciences and
humanities, A Brief History of the Last 13.8 Billion Years follows
the continuum of historical change in the cosmos - from the Big
Bang, through the evolution of life, to human history. In this
compelling and revealing book, David Baker traces the rise of
complexity in the cosmos, from the first atoms to the first life
and then to humans and the things we have made. He shows us how
simple clumps of hydrogen gas transformed into complex human
societies. This approach - Big History - allows us to see beyond
the chaos of human affairs to the overall trajectory. Finally,
Baker looks at the dramatic and sudden changes we're making to our
planet and its biosphere and how history hints at what might come
next.
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