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What on Earth Happened?: The Complete Story of the Planet, Life and People from the Big Bang to the Present Day | 
| Author: Christopher Lloyd
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 538
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.2
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 7.7 x 1.7
ISBN: 0747594597
EAN: 9780747594598
ASIN: 0747594597
Publication Date: October 6, 2008
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What On Earth Happend by Christopher Lloyd October 17, 2008
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
This is a fabulous book ... an important book ... not just a history book but something that gives a fantastic perspective, a glimpse of how we got here. The narrative flows through key points of the story of planet, the life on the planet and critically how humans fit into this story in the extraordinarily brief moment we've been
around. It weaves together the disparate bits of knowledge you may have along with much that probably you don't know into something that connects & illuminates. The whole is even greater than the sum of the parts ... indeed it is quite a moving experience at times and certainly enormously stimulating and relevant to many of the big questions we ask; both philosphical, political and simply everyday curiousities.
The book also has user friendly lay out making it easy to use as a reference or a good read. There are top ten lists e.g. key events, people, fruits & seeds, creatures etc and time is condensed & colour coded onto a 24hr clock. Eye opening and working on a number of different levels, I can thoroughly recommend this to everyone.What on Earth Happened?: The Complete Story of the Planet, Life and People from the Big Bang to the Present Day
A must have item! October 17, 2008
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
Who say's history is boring? Here we learn how past history will shape things to come...
Christopher Lloyd's book is a complete walk through of history from the big bang to the present day.
Providing history with such a holistic overview is a powerful reason to buy this book and should be a 'must have' item for every Year 7 school child in the UK studying history. It provides the reader with a true sense of history over time and space and the interrelationship with the natural environment - something that most children don't get an appreciation of in school. (I should know being an ex-teacher!)
The flexibility of the book is something that stands out - on the one hand it is an excellent reference book that will not date, on the other hand the author's easy and amusing narrative style makes this also a very easy "pick up and read when you like" coffee table book!
For me, it was a thoroughly enjoyable read from cover to cover. A gift for any occassion that will not fail to disappoint.
The Brilliant History of Everything October 15, 2008
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
"What On Earth Happened" is written by Chris Lloyd, a brilliant scholar and polymath. It is BIG history with great insights into the history of the earth from the BIG BANG to the present day . . . . . a brilliant ride through the past 13.7 billion years. Hugely recommended, accessible and wonderfully quirky.
World history in 400 pages October 15, 2008
18 out of 20 found this review helpful
What an amazing and beautiful book! Christopher Lloyd
tells the story of the the whole of history, from the big bang until today,
in a wonderfully lively, enthralling way, with an incredible lightness of
touch - it's a real masterpiece. I'd recommend this book to absolutely
everyone.
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