Origin story : a big history of everything
Christian, David, 1946-2019
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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? And why, in comparison, are our closest primate relatives reduced to near-extinction? 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.
Main title:
Origin story : a big history of everything / David Christian.
Author:
Christian, David, 1946-, author
Imprint:
UK : Penguin Books, 2019.
Collation:
x, 357 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: UK: Allen Lane, 2018.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780141983028 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
909909 CHR
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1891011