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Humans : a brief history of how we fucked it all up [electronic resource] / Tom Phillips.
Modern humans have come a long way in the seventy thousand years they've walked the earth. Art, science, culture, trade-on the evolutionary food chain, we're true winners. But it hasn't always been smooth sailing, and sometimes-just occasionally-we've managed to truly f*ck things up. Weaving together history, science, politics and pop culture, Humans offers a panoramic exploration of humankind in all its glory, or lack thereof. From Lucy, our first ancestor, who fell out of a tree and died, to General Zhou Shou of China, who stored gunpowder in his palace before a lantern festival, to the Austrian army attacking itself one drunken night, to the most spectacular fails of the present day, Humans reveals how even the most mundane mistakes can shift the course of civilization as we know it. Lively, wry and brimming with brilliant insight, this unique compendium offers a fresh take on world history and is one of the most entertaining reads of the year.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781488206368 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
- ISBN: 1488206368 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 27 min.)) : digital.
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [United States] : Harlequin Audio, 2019.
- Distributor: Made available through hoopla
Content descriptions
Restrictions on Access Note: | Digital content provided by hoopla. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Nish Kumar. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |