A Most Improbable Journey: A Big History of Our Planet and Ourselves


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Big History, the field that integrates traditional historical scholarship with scientific insights to study the full sweep of our universe, has so far been the domain of historians. Famed geologist Walter Alvarez--best known for the "Impact Theory" explaining dinosaur extinction--has instead championed a science-first approach to Big History. Here he wields his unique expertise to give us a new appreciation for the incredible occurrences--from the Big Bang to the formation of supercontinents, the dawn of the Bronze Age, and beyond--that have led to our improbable place in the universe.



Author: Walter Alvarez
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 12/05/2017
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780393355192
ISBN10: 0393355195
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Space Science | Cosmology
- History | World | General
- Science | Life Sciences | Evolution