The History of the World, but not as you know it.
A new type of history is here – all 13.8 billion years of it, exploded into a visually jaw-dropping feast of facts, trends, and timelines that tell you everything you’d ever want to know about the history of planet Earth.
From the primordial soup to the technological revolution of the 21st century, interesting stuff has been going on; and ever since prehistoric man scratched the first tally markings into a damp cave wall, we’ve been counting and measuring it all.
A story of civilization and barbarism, of war and peace, this is history done in a new way – a beautifully designed collection of the most insightful and revealing trends that tell us what the human race has been up to, and where we’re heading.