The origin of all things
The origin of all things
The author of "the origin of all things" is New Scientist magazine, Graham Lawton and Jennifer Daniel, and the translator is Zhang Butian. Published by Hunan Science and Technology Press in 2017.
Planning and writing of New Scientist magazine with global influence
Award winning visual artist and creative director of Google
Rao Yi, Wu Guosheng, Li Miao
Introduction written by Hawking, author of a brief history of time
There are authoritative, interesting and cool answers to the beginning of almost everything you want to know
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Where are we from? How did everything start?
This is the biggest problem in the universe. New scientist tells you the answer
This book carefully selects 53 topics in six categories, from the big bang, dark matter, the origin of life, human evolution, the history of money, the history of wine, the past and present lives of property, the gene drive behind human emotions to the invention of toilet paper and the secret of nasal excrement. Simple and poetic narration subverts your common sense anytime and anywhere, often with big brain holes and sometimes bad taste.
About the author
New scientist, founded in 1956, is an international science weekly. It has a worldwide reputation in the scientific publishing world and has more than 5 million loyal readers all over the world.
Graham Lawton, executive editor of New Scientist magazine, graduated from Imperial College of technology with a bachelor's degree in biochemistry and a master's degree in science communication. He has won many awards in science writing.
Jennifer Daniel is a famous illustrator of the New York Times and creative director of Google.
Book catalogue
Introduction where do we come from?
preface
Chapter one the universe
How did it all start?
Why do stars twinkle?
What is matter made of?
Where do meteorites come from?
What is the universe made of?
Where do black holes come from?
Chapter two the earth
Why do we live on rocks the third farthest from the sun?
Is the moon really a planet?
Why are there lands and oceans on earth?
Why is the weather always changing?
Where does the soil come from?
Why does the earth have such an extraordinary atmosphere?
How is the earth full of oil?
Chapter three life
When does life begin?
How did complex life evolve?
Why do we have sex (except for obvious reasons)?
Why are there so many kinds of numbing little reptiles?
When did the age of dinosaurs begin?
How did the eye evolve?
Why do we sleep?
How did the ape become human?
What was the first word?
Why do we make friends?
Where does umbilical hair come from?
Chapter four civilization
When did we begin to live in the city?
Why do we regard pieces of paper as gold?
When did we start burying the dead?
What's the first meal of cooking?
How do we domesticate animals?
When did we begin to worship gods?
When did we get drunk?
Why do we need so many things?
When did we get dressed?
What did the original music sound like?
Who invented toilet paper?
Chapter five knowledge
When did writing begin?
How do we find zero?
When do we start measuring things?
Who started to notice the time?
When do we start talking about politics?
When did alchemy become science?
How do we find the world so strange?
Chapter VI invention
Why did it take so long to invent the wheel?
When do we start talking over the airwaves?
Who was the first to fly?
Why do we use QWERTY keyboard?
How do we use electronic devices to solve mathematical problems?
Who was the first to discover X-rays?
Is this luck?
How do we become the people who destroy the world?
How do we (temporarily) overcome germs?
Do geeks really rule the earth?
How do we conquer space?
Extended reading
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The origin of all things