History: The Definitive Visual Guide - Hardcover

Adam Hart-Davis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1409331806 ISBN 13: 9781409331803

Publisher: DK, 2013

Synopsis

Homo sapiens have remained the same species, largely unchanged in genetic makeup and anatomy since the Cro-Magnon era. By contrast, the cultural, social, and technological changes since then have been nothing less than extraordinary. At the core of this development is the ability of humans to store and transmit knowledge, so that each new generation stands upon the shoulders of its predecessors. This ability to use what has gone before is what sets humans apart.Telling our story, from prehistory to the present day, DK's History is a thought-provoking journey, revealing the common threads and forces that have shaped human history. Taking a broad-themed approach, acknowledging varied factors at work, from climate, ecology, disease, and geology and their roles in the human story, this visual celebration makes history accessible and relevant, putting events in their wider context and showing how they have shaped the world we live in.

About this title

About the Author

Adam Hart Davis has worked and presented on major TV series including Local Heroes, Top Ten Treasures, Tomorrow's World, What The Stuarts Did For Us, What The Victorians Did For Us, What The Romans Did For Us, and recently What The Ancients Did For Us.

Review

A striking phantasmagoria of photographs, paintings, satellite maps and illustrated timelines on the people, events and ideas that have created our world History Today

Edition details

• Publisher: DK
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1409331806
• ISBN 13: 9781409331803
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 496