The Story of Man - Couverture rigide

Aydon, Cyril

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0786720859 ISBN 13 : 9780786720859

Editeur : Running Press, 2007

Synopsis

Book by Aydon Cyril

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Not just a history of the world, this is also a history for the world. Packed full of fascinating information, it is written in the same lively and accessible style that charmed the readers of Cyril Aydon's previous books Charles Darwin and A Book of Scientific Curiosities. It follows the fortunes and misfortunes of the human race, from the time when our ancestors took their first tentative steps out of Africa, to the day when human beings set foot on the moon; from the domestication of the first donkey to the cloning of Dolly the sheep; and from the building of the pyramids to the designing of the World Wide Web. Informed by the most recent historical and archaeological research, the book focuses not on the conventional small change of kings and queens, battles, and political maneuvers, but on developments that have really shaped the lives of human beings around the globe: the Neolithic revolution in agriculture, the invention of writing, the rise and fall of empires, the birth of great religions, the industrial revolution. This book asks whether we have really changed, or are we just stone-age people living in a space age we have made but cannot control.

Biographie de l'auteur

Cyril Aydon is a former business consultant, now a full-time writer. He is the author of the highly acclaimed biography Charles Darwin and A Book of Scientific Curiosities.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Running Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0786720859
• ISBN 13: 9780786720859
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320