Lewis Dartnell Books

Read the Sunday Times bestseller that reveals the Earth's awesome impact on the shape of human civilisations. 'Stands comparison with Sapiens... Thrilling' Sunday Times Human evolution in East Africa was driven by geological forces. Ancient Greece developed democracy because of its mountainous terrain. Voting behaviour in the United States today follows the bed of an ancient sea. Professor Lewis Dartnell takes us on an astonishing journey into our planet's past to tell the ultimate origin story. Blending science and history, Origins reveals the Earth's awesome impact on the shape of human civilisations - and helps us to see the challenges and opportunities of the future. 'A sweeping, brilliant overview of the history not only of our species but of the world' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads 'Absorbing... A first-class read - and an important one' Observer

Why is the world the way it is? Lying imperceptibly beneath everything we encounter in the modern world is an architecture of causal links, chains of consequences that explain why things are the way they are. Origins is the story of this connectivity; it's not about what we've done to our environment, but about what our environment has done to us

'Illuminating' TIM MARSHALL 'Refreshing' THOMAS HALLIDAY A mind-expanding, revolutionary journey across time that shows how our biology has determined human history for the first time. This book will change how you see the world. We're a wonder of evolution, capable of incredible feats. But we're also deeply flawed. Our bodies and minds often break, fail, and hinder us. To be human is to live with this extraordinary contradiction. So, to understand the course humanity has taken - from prehistoric times through the age of empire and into the modern era - we must understand who, and what, we are. Being Human is history made flesh. From the epidemic that brought Europe's peasants freedom, to the health deficiency which gave rise to the world's largest criminal organisation, to the cognitive biases that led to military catastrophes in Crimea and Iraq, we see how our unique nature shaped our relationships, economies and societies - and, importantly, how it continues to impact human progress today. 'This book is quite literally wonderful' ED CONWAY 'A wild ride' TIM HARFORD 'A gripping, red-blooded narrative from a master storyteller' JO MARCHANT

"The Knowledge" describes many of the modern technologies we employ, but first it explains the fundamentals upon which they are built. Every piece of technology rests on an enormous support network of other technologies, all interlinked and mutually dependent. You can t hope to build a radio, for example, without understanding how to acquire the raw materials it requires, as well as generate the electricity needed to run it. But Dartnell doesn t just provide specific information for starting over; he also reveals the greatest invention of them all the phenomenal knowledge-generating machine that is the scientific method itself. This would allow survivors to learn technological advances not explicitly explored in "The Knowledge" as well as things we have yet to discover."The Knowledge"is a brilliantly original guide to the fundamentals of science and how it built our modern world as well as a thought experiment about the very idea of scientific knowledge itself."

The Knowledge is a brilliantly original guide to the fundamentals of science and how it built our modern world. It is also a thought experiment about the very idea of scientific knowledge itself.

Maybe it was a viral pandemic, or an asteroid strike, or perhaps nuclear war. Whatever the cause, the world as we know it has ended and you and the other survivors must start again. What key knowledge would you need to start rebuilding civilisation from scratch? Once youâe(tm)ve scavenged what you can, how do you begin producing the essentials? How do you grow food, generate power, prepare medicines, or get metal out of rocks? Could you avert another Dark Ages or take shortcuts to accelerate redevelopment? Living in the modern world, we have become disconnected from the basic processes that support our lives, as well as the beautiful fundamentals of science that enable you to relearn things for yourself. The Knowledge is a journey of discovery, a book which explains everything you need to know about everything. This is a quickstart guide for rebooting civilisation which will transform your understanding of the world âe" and help you prepare for when itâe(tm)s no longer here... http://the-knowledge.org/

By presenting outer space as a vacation destination, a guidebook shows armchair astronauts some of the best sights--from the Mariner Valley on Mars to the gravity-light moon, Enceladus--and provides facts about places from the sun to a black hole.

The book presents a pioneering multidisciplinary study on the potential for microbial life in Mars' subsurface, focusing on the effects of ionizing radiation from solar and cosmic sources. It details the development of an advanced computer model to analyze the subsurface radiation environment, considering factors like atmospheric density and surface composition. Additionally, it includes microbiological research on cold-tolerant bacteria from Antarctica, examining their diversity and survival under extreme conditions akin to those found in Martian permafrost.

In this gripping introduction, Lewis Dartnell explores Astrobiology's latest findings, tackling along the way some of the most fascinating questions in science.

Fascynujące spojrzenie na dzieje ludzkości z perspektywy planety, na której żyjemy Mówiąc o historii ludzkości, zazwyczaj skupiamy się na opowiadaniu o słynnych przywódcach, wielkich wojnach i masowych migracjach. Lewis Dartnell w swojej niezwykłej książce patrzy na dzieje naszego gatunku z innej perspektywy, odpowiadając na pytanie: W jaki sposób nasza kultura została ukształtowana przez samą Ziemię? Zabiera nas w fascynującą podróż, z której się dowiemy m.in. tego, jak pozostałości po starożytnym oceanie wpływają na preferencje wyborcze w Stanach Zjednoczonych; dlaczego Kolumb mógłby nigdy nie trafić do Ameryki, gdyby jego ofertę przyjął król Portugalii, a nie Hiszpanii; dlaczego Nowy Jork został ojczyzną drapaczy chmur, a pierwsze metro łatwiej było zbudować właśnie w Londynie; jak pasma oceanicznych wiatrów sprawiły, że w Afryce Południowej mówi się dziś w języku afrikaans. Ta książka pokazuje, że nasza historia jest nierozerwalnie związana z historią Ziemi – prądy, pasma wiatrów, procesy geologiczne i wydarzenia sprzed milionów lat warunkowały ewolucję naszego gatunku, doprowadzały do powstania i upadku wielkich imperiów i szlaków handlowych i wciąż oddziałują na nasze życie, wpływając na współczesną sytuację geopolityczną, a także na to, co jemy na śniadanie, z czego budujemy nasze domy i najnowocześniejsze urządzenia.