Did humans evolve from the earliest animals on earth? How many hundreds of millions of password letters does a person's DNA have? How can the body of an average-sized adult contain the energy of 30 hydrogen bombs? Mendeleev discovered the periodic law of chemical elements, which was inspired by the solitaire game in North America. Darwin played the piano for earthworms in order to study the influence of sound and vibration on them.
Jarvik, a Swedish paleontologist who discovered the first batch of terrestrial Ankylosaurus fossils, actually counted the wrong number of fingers and toes and hid the fossils for 48 years. ...
Beautiful stories, beautiful pictures, humorous cartoon shapes, and unique "split-shot" page display have great visual impact, which enables children and readers to have a spiritual dialogue with science masters easily and happily, roam the ocean of science, explore the mysteries of the universe and the world, and think about the future of mankind.
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This is an easy-to-understand and fascinating book about the development history of modern science. With clear and humorous brushwork, the author put many interesting stories from BIGBANG to the development of human civilization into his pen.
Brief introduction of the author
Bill Blethen, a world-famous writer of tourism literature. 195 1 was born in Iowa, USA, and graduated from Drake University. Since 1973, he has lived in England for 20 years, worked for The Times and The Independent, and also wrote articles for The New York Times and National Geographic magazine. Then moved to Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.
In 2003, Mr. and Mrs. Blethen returned to England with their four children and now live in Wymendem, Norfolk. In 2005, Blethen was appointed as the president of Durham University, a famous British university, and was awarded honorary degrees by many universities. From June 5, 2006 to February 2006, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to literature, Queen Elizabeth awarded him the British Empire Medal.
June 5438 +2007 10, literature and history association, University of Dublin, Ireland, named James? The Joyce Prize went to Breton. Blethen is good at looking at the world he travels with different eyes. In his book, British wisdom and humor are wonderfully combined with American humor.
His acerbity and erudition make his writing full of humor, agility and wisdom, making him "the most interesting travel literature writer living in the world at present" (Times).
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-A Brief History of Everything