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What on Earth Happened?: The Complete Story of the Planet, Life and People from the Big Bang to the Present Day (Hardcover)

by Christopher Lloyd (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 416 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; First Edition First Impression edition (6 Oct 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0747594597
  • ISBN-13: 978-0747594598
  • Product Dimensions: 24.8 x 19.6 x 4.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 10,573 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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`Compelling ... This charming book ends on a stern word of warning.'
--The Sunday Times

"The compelling idea behind this book is to provide a history of the planet in one colourful and "easy-to-read" volume. Written by a former technology correspondent, it is an antidote to the mini-histories we learned at school that prevent us understanding the evolution of natural history...The result is remarkably far-reaching and even handed." -- The Sunday Times (Ed King)


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"This book should be on every child's Christmas list...."
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30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A must have item!, 17 Oct 2008
By TPW "Tim" (Oxfordshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
Who say's history is boring? Here we learn how past history will shape things to come...

Christopher Lloyd's book is a complete walk through of history from the big bang to the present day.

Providing history with such a holistic overview is a powerful reason to buy this book and should be a 'must have' item for every Year 7 school child in the UK studying history. It provides the reader with a true sense of history over time and space and the interrelationship with the natural environment - something that most children don't get an appreciation of in school. (I should know being an ex-teacher!)

The flexibility of the book is something that stands out - on the one hand it is an excellent reference book that will not date, on the other hand the author's easy and amusing narrative style makes this also a very easy "pick up and read when you like" coffee table book!

For me, it was a thoroughly enjoyable read from cover to cover. A gift for any occassion that will not fail to disappoint.
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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars What On Earth Happend by Christopher Lloyd, 17 Oct 2008
This is a fabulous book ... an important book ... not just a history book but something that gives a fantastic perspective, a glimpse of how we got here. The narrative flows through key points of the story of planet, the life on the planet and critically how humans fit into this story in the extraordinarily brief moment we've been
around. It weaves together the disparate bits of knowledge you may have along with much that probably you don't know into something that connects & illuminates. The whole is even greater than the sum of the parts ... indeed it is quite a moving experience at times and certainly enormously stimulating and relevant to many of the big questions we ask; both philosphical, political and simply everyday curiousities.
The book also has user friendly lay out making it easy to use as a reference or a good read. There are top ten lists e.g. key events, people, fruits & seeds, creatures etc and time is condensed & colour coded onto a 24hr clock. Eye opening and working on a number of different levels, I can thoroughly recommend this to everyone.What on Earth Happened?: The Complete Story of the Planet, Life and People from the Big Bang to the Present Day
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars What On Earth Happened?, 3 April 2009
"What On Earth Happened" is a brief history of the world from the beginning. It includes scientific, cultural, artistic, political, religious, ethical, philosophical and environmental perspectives - why each began, how each developed, where they fit (or don't) in today's world, and what their contribution might be to the future. If you feel you want a clearer, bigger picture of how it all fits together, presented in a very accessible format of text and illustrations, then this book is a must! Some might call it a coffee table book - but I read it from cover to cover; transfixed by the way random pieces of information stored unhelpfully in my memory were given a legitimate place in the structure of everything else. Nothing is covered in detail, which might be frustrating for some. However, this is the book I wish I had read as a teenager before encountering the world through the eyes of my own specialist area. Rather than finding yourself dangling in the midst of life with a lot of understanding about your immediate field, but little about everyone else's, read this book to put the rest in perspective,
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A superb condensed and chronological history of the world. Geography of a fine calibre! A delight for anyone with an interest in the world and our future. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Very good...but
I found my opinion on this book swinging from negative to positive and back again as I read it. This is an excellent HISTORY book, but it's very weak when it comes to an... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great overview
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This book has everything you ever needed to know it in it.
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Published 8 months ago by Mr. P. Dawson

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I haven't completed reading this book, but I am following the advice of starting at the beginning rather than randomly dipping into it. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mrs. E. Benson

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