'Big history' looks at history on the timescale of the Earth and the universe, rather than just the short period of time that humanity has been around. Here,Toby Ord, a moral philosopher at Oxford University's Future of Humanity Institute, recommends books to get a handle on it, and exp...
It's a well-told story, and a good way to learn about this period of history, which many people who have read Barbara Kingsolver's bestselling novel, The Poisonwood Bible, may be curious about (Kingsolver spent two years in the Congo as a child, in the early 1960s). Read expert ...
Many years ago.a French naturalist.the Count de Buffon.wrote some books about natural history.The books were a great success even though some critics did not like them.Some critics said.“Count Buffon is more of a poet than a scientist. Thomas Jeffers
The 100 Greatest Southeast Asian History and Politics Books list has a focus on politics and imperialism in the region.
the London College of Fashion Archive, the Victoria and Albert Museum and UCL Special Collections. Currently she is a preventive conservator, volunteer coordinator and grant writer at the Hershey History Centre, a nonprofit museum in Pennsylvania, US. She is also a book conservator in private pract...
today. However, because the world is so vast and diverse, with regions progressing at difference paces, it's not so easy to narrow that period down. For the sake of this article, we'll look at history through a Western lens, dating modern history from the 18th century to the present ...
he lives in shacks and cabins, builds hazel benders, and hunts bush-plums with aboriginal women.At once autobiography, history, a traveller’s tale and a work of natural history, Wildwood is a lyrical and fiercely intimate evocation of the spirit of trees: in nature, in our souls, in our...
A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Chapters by Henry Gee ***Winner of the 2022 Royal Society Science Book Prize*** Read expert recommendations “I see this book almost as one long poem. The style might not be to everyone’s taste, but I think everybo...
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Jerry Brotton takes an intriguing look at the cardinal directions and what they tell us about the Earth and its inhabitants September 21 2024 FT Books Essay Did the 1990s break America’s faith in democracy? Three new books on the US look at the Clinton decade, the rise of conspiracies and...