Earth (the book) : a visitor's guide to the human race /
Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show embark on a mission to write a book that sums up the human race: What we looked like; what we accomplished; our achievements in society, government, religion, science and culture. Here is the definitive guide to our species--completely unburdened by obj...
| Други автори: | Stewart, Jon, 1962- |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York, N.Y. :
Grand Central,
2010.
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| Издание: | 1st ed. |
| Предмети: | |
| Онлайн достъп: |
Book jacket |
Съдържание:
- To our alien readers
- To our human readers
- Earth : everything you need to know about this gently-used, pre-owned planet
- Life : a comprehensive guide to things that can be killed
- Man : an introduction to the solar system's original "bad boys"
- The life cycle : we called this living
- Society: how we overcame our basic humanity for the greater good
- Commerce : you didn't have to be crazy to work here- but it helped
- Religion : we were sure someone was in charge
- Science : discovering nature's majesty, and then fixing it
- Culture : the ultimate expression of our humanity, minus 10% commission
- Appendices. Final scores ; Why we're not here ; What we left out.