{"product_id":"9781405968874","title":"The Universal History of Us : A 13.8 billion year tale from the Big Bang to you","description":"\u003cp\u003eA COMPLETE, UNCOMPLICATED GUIDE TO THE SCIENCE OF LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'Most scientists know only their own field. Tim Coulson is at home with science as an integrated whole. A pleasure to read, and a lasting accomplishment' Richard Dawkins\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'Step aside Star Wars - ours is the most astonishing origin story you'll ever hear and its beautifully told by Tim Coulson' Professor Ken Norris, Deputy Director of Science at the Natural History Museum\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e----\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHave you ever wondered why you exist?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat had to happen for you - and all life on Earth - to come into being?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat is the true answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn The Universal History of Us, Tim Coulson - Professor of Zoology at Oxford - takes us back to the beginning of everything: the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago. From there, he leads us step by step along the path to the most astonishing thing we have yet encountered - the staggering complexity of the modern human mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCovering physics, astronomy, chemistry, geology, the emergence of life, evolution, consciousness and the rise of humankind, yet written to be understood by anyone with a child's curiosity, this book takes the biggest story of all and tells it simply, grippingly and, above all, entertainingly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is the history of you, me and everything - of how we all came to be. In short, it is the greatest story ever told.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e----\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A highly readable and super enjoyable book . . . that takes us on a free-spirited intellectual romp through every aspect of what we know about our universe' Peter Hudson FRS Willaman Professor of Biology at Penn State\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'A charming, engaging and erudite account' David Christian, author of New York Times bestseller Origin Story (2018)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'A gangbuster science book. A can't-put-down read. I don't think I have learned more from a single book' Douglas W. Smith, Former Senior Wildlife Biologist, Yellowstone National Park\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'Exceptional. A highly infectious read. From the first page I found it impossible to put down' Professor Baroness Kathy Willis, Professor of Biodiversity, University of Oxford\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'Achieves something almost impossible, lucid explanation without dumbing down . . . can read this for fun and accidentally you will know as much general science as any Professor' James H Naismith FRS FRSE FMedSci MAE, Head of the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division at Oxford, Professor of Structural Biology\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'With wit, wisdom and humility. The prose is of a perfect weight, and an absolute joy to read' Sunetra Gupta, Professor of Theoretical Epidemiology at the University of Oxford\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'Will appeal to a broad variety of readers and inspire new generations of scientists for years to come' Quentin Paynter\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48226853257451,"sku":"EB_SC0400_F08-05_SIMS","price":43.55,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9781405968874-1.jpg?v=1781677482","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9781405968874","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}