A Most Improbable Journey: A Big History Of Our Planet And Ourselves

A thrilling synthesis from a brilliant scientist who discovered one of the most important chapters in our history. ?ean B. Carroll 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?est known for the ?mpact Theory?explaining dinosaur extinction?as 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?rom the Big Bang to the formation of supercontinents, the dawn of the Bronze Age, and beyond?hat have led to our improbable place in the universe.

Author: Walter Alvarez

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Publication Date: Dec 05, 2017

Number of Pages: 256 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback/Science

ISBN-10: 0393355195

ISBN-13: 9780393355192