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020			_a9780241254684 (hbk.) : _c£20.00
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035			_a(Uk)018783523
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100	1		_aChristian, David, _eauthor. _987014
245	1	0	_aOrigin story : _ba big history of everything / _cDavid Christian.
263			_a201805
264		1	_aLondon : _bAllen Lane, _c2018.
300			_a357 p. _c24 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
520			_aThis 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? And why, in comparison, are our closest primate relatives reduced to near-extinction? Big History creator 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 last mega-innovation gave us an energy bonanza that brought huge benefits to mankind, yet also threatens to shake apart everything we have created. 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.
650		0	_aWorld history. _93576
776	0	8	_iebook version : _z9780241254691
926			_aDestiny Material Type _bHardcover
942			_2ddc _cBK
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