{"product_id":"9780241662304-universal-history-of-us","title":"The Universal History of Us","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA 13.8 billion year tale from the Big Bang to you\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA COMPLETE, UNCOMPLICATED GUIDE TO THE SCIENCE OF LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Most scientists know only their own field. Tim Coulson is at home with science as an integrated whole. A pleasure to read, and a lasting accomplishment’ Richard Dawkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Step aside Star Wars – ours is the most astonishing origin story you’ll ever hear and its beautifully told by Tim Coulson’ Professor Ken Norris, Deputy Director of Science at the Natural History Museum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e----\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHave you ever wondered why you exist?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat had to happen for you – and all life on Earth – to come into being?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is the true answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn The Universal History of Us, Tim Coulson – Professor of Zoology at Oxford – takes us back to the beginning of everything: the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago. From there, he leads us step by step along the path to the most astonishing thing we have yet encountered – the staggering complexity of the modern human mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCovering physics, astronomy, chemistry, geology, the emergence of life, evolution, consciousness and the rise of humankind, yet written to be understood by anyone with a child’s curiosity, this book takes the biggest story of all and tells it simply, grippingly and, above all, entertainingly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is the history of you, me and everything – of how we all came to be. In short, it is the greatest story ever told.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e----\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A \u003cb\u003ehighly readable and super enjoyable book\u003c\/b\u003e . that takes us on a free-spirited intellectual romp through every aspect of what we know about our universe’ Peter Hudson FRS Willaman Professor of Biology at Penn State\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003echarming, engaging and erudite account'\u003c\/b\u003e David Christian, author of \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller\u003ci\u003e Origin Story \u003c\/i\u003e(2018)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A gangbuster science book. \u003cb\u003eA can't-put-down read.\u003c\/b\u003e I don't think I have learned more from a single book' Douglas W. Smith, Former Senior Wildlife Biologist, Yellowstone National Park\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Exceptional. A highly infectious read. \u003cb\u003eFrom the first page I found it impossible to put down’\u003c\/b\u003e Professor Baroness Kathy Willis, Professor of Biodiversity, University of Oxford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Achieves something almost impossible, \u003cb\u003elucid explanation without dumbing down\u003c\/b\u003e . can read this for fun and accidentally you will know as much general science as any Professor’ James H Naismith FRS FRSE FMedSci MAE, Head of the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division at Oxford, Professor of Structural Biology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘\u003cb\u003eWith wit, wisdom and humility.\u003c\/b\u003e The prose is of a perfect weight, and an \u003cb\u003eabsolute joy to read\u003c\/b\u003e’ Sunetra Gupta, Professor of Theoretical Epidemiology at the University of Oxford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘\u003cb\u003eWill appeal to a broad variety of readers and inspire new generations of scientists for years to come'\u003c\/b\u003e Quentin Paynter\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41540073554017,"sku":"9780241662304","price":28.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_34010190_c1ee0dbd-fd10-4e2d-bf48-9a51798674b4.jpg?v=1746091864","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241662304-universal-history-of-us","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}