The Resource What on Earth happened?, Christopher Lloyd ; illustrations by Andy Forshaw
What on Earth happened?, Christopher Lloyd ; illustrations by Andy Forshaw
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The item What on Earth happened?, Christopher Lloyd ; illustrations by Andy Forshaw represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item What on Earth happened?, Christopher Lloyd ; illustrations by Andy Forshaw represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- WORLD HISTORY. In "What on Earth Happened?", Christopher Lloyd tells our story from the very beginning of time to the present day, taking giant narrative leaps across millennia and continents. Along the way, he explains exactly how Muslim conquest gave Spain its paella, how the Earth's collision with another young planet caused the moon, how dragonflies the size of seagulls emerged out of the prehistoric waters, and how the Big Bang can be detected in your television. Accessible and endlessly entertaining, this massive book draws on disciplines as wide-ranging as astrophysics and anthropology and will appeal to experts, amateur enthusiasts and the simply curious alike. Completed by 250 colorful photographs, maps, historic paintings, engravings and specially commissioned illustrations, "What on Earth Happened?" takes an entertaining and informed sideways look at the last 13.7 billion years in the life of our universe
- Language
- eng
- Label
- What on Earth happened?
- Title
- What on Earth happened?
- Statement of responsibility
- Christopher Lloyd ; illustrations by Andy Forshaw
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- WORLD HISTORY. In "What on Earth Happened?", Christopher Lloyd tells our story from the very beginning of time to the present day, taking giant narrative leaps across millennia and continents. Along the way, he explains exactly how Muslim conquest gave Spain its paella, how the Earth's collision with another young planet caused the moon, how dragonflies the size of seagulls emerged out of the prehistoric waters, and how the Big Bang can be detected in your television. Accessible and endlessly entertaining, this massive book draws on disciplines as wide-ranging as astrophysics and anthropology and will appeal to experts, amateur enthusiasts and the simply curious alike. Completed by 250 colorful photographs, maps, historic paintings, engravings and specially commissioned illustrations, "What on Earth Happened?" takes an entertaining and informed sideways look at the last 13.7 billion years in the life of our universe
- Cataloging source
- WLB
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lloyd, Christopher
- Dewey number
- 900
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- portraits
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Forshaw, Andy
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- World history
- Human ecology
- Earth
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- What on Earth happened?, Christopher Lloyd ; illustrations by Andy Forshaw
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control code
- 000043603006
- Dimensions
- 26 cm.
- Extent
- 415 p.
- Isbn
- 9780747594598
- Other physical details
- col. ill., maps, ports.
- Label
- What on Earth happened?, Christopher Lloyd ; illustrations by Andy Forshaw
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control code
- 000043603006
- Dimensions
- 26 cm.
- Extent
- 415 p.
- Isbn
- 9780747594598
- Other physical details
- col. ill., maps, ports.
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