{"product_id":"origin-story-a-big-history-of-everything-1","title":"Origin Story: A Big History of Everything","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eSecond-Hand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eExcellent condition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow did we get from the Big Bang to today's staggering complexity, in which seven billion humans are connected into networks powerful enough to transform the planet? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd why, in comparison, are our closest primate relatives reduced to near-extinction?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBig History creator David Christian gives the answers in a mind-expanding cosmological detective story told on the grandest possible scale. He traces how, during eight key thresholds, the right conditions have allowed new forms of complexity to arise, from stars to galaxies, Earth to homo sapiens, agriculture to fossil fuels. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis last mega-innovation gave us an energy bonanza that brought huge benefits to mankind, yet also threatens to shake apart everything we have created.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis global origin story is one that we could only begin to tell recently, thanks to the underlying unity of modern knowledge. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePanoramic in scope and thrillingly told, Origin Story reveals what we learn about human existence when we consider it from a universal scale.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Christian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42983974961321,"sku":"","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/products\/9780241338377.jpg?v=1679370205","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/origin-story-a-big-history-of-everything-1","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}