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JOURNEY TO CIVILIZATION: THE SCIENCE OF HOW WE GOT HERE
By: Roger P Briggs
Other Press
December 2013
On Sale: December 17, 2013
282 pages
ISBN: 0988438208
EAN: 978-098843820
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
In a surprising turn of events, science has recently made profound new discoveries about our deep history, making it possible for the first time to construct a new kind of creation story. Since about 1990, spectacular advances in paleoanthropology, molecular genetics, and astrophysics have answered some of the most fundamental questions about our origins. A new field of study has now emerged that takes the search for our origins all the way back to the birth of the universe nearly 14 billion years ago, and weaves a fairly continuous account of an unfolding universe that gave rise to life on our planet and eventually humanity. Journey to Civilization: The Science of How We Got Here reveals this new story that is based on the evidence and skepticism of science. It explores and explains the science itself, from the physics of stars and the formation of rocky planets, to the evolution of life and the epic journey of humans out of Africa to cover the Earth. Journey to Civilization is written for the non-scientist in clear, straight-forward language, and is richly illustrated with diagrams, charts, and beautiful color graphics and photographs. There has never before been one creation story that was shared by all the people of the world. Today, however, nearly all of humanity shares the methods and products of science. Science has become a universal language across all cultures; and thus the new creation story produced by science is the story of all the people of the world. It is the common ground upon which we all stand. Journey to Civilization will change your understanding of science, and it will change your view of humanity and our place in the universe.
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