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By Stephen R. Jones on October 30, 2013
_________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Mike Stanley on May 20, 2013 I have just
finished reading Journey to
Civilization by Roger Briggs I
am a retired teacher who taught
biology and anatomy/physiology
during my 32 years of teaching
in public schools. When I
retired I taught earth science,
life science and physical
science at a private school for
8 more years. In my view this is
one of the most important books
written. I struggled a bit in
the 1st two chapters but then
found it hard to put down. That
most likely shows my biology
bias not anything wrong with the
1st two chapters. Very well
written and researched
_________________________________________________________________________________________________ By Eric D. Miller on May 2, 2013 This exciting new text is not only a gorgeous production, it is a complete compendium of one of the more important fields in science. It is a well written, understandable, and beautifully illustrated book that I will re-read each year. It is my understanding that it will be revised periodically as studies of Homo sapiens produce continuous and voluminous new information. The informative appendices are a superb way to handle technical information that might interrupt the easy flow of the story.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________ By Richard Rossiter on September 12, 2013 I read this
book, cover to cover, as soon as
it was released. Here is told
the history of the universe
(13.75 billion years) in 200
pages, as perceived and
interpreted under the scrutiny
of the scientific method. The
book sets forth such a vast
assemblage of knowledge and
ideas, that by the time I had
finished the text and
appendices, I went back to page
1 and started over. Leptons,
quarks, neutrinos, pulsars,
quasars, dark energy, the cosmic
web, require some getting used
to, lacking a background in
physics and astronomy. Then it's
on to The Origin of Life
(Chapter 4). Reeling in the wake
yet? This section begins with a
wonderful explanation of DNA,
then goes on to present
contemporary theories of how
life began in primordial seas
where various sugars, lipids,
amino acids and nucleotides
somehow assembled into
single-celled organisms that
evolved over 3.8 billion years
to result in me, reading Journey
To Civilization. By Bob Carmichael on August 20, 2013 I found this book to be absolutely astonishing and right on the money for refuting some of the current know nothingness permeating society. Science is rooted in truth not myth. This book explains our tiny tiny humanoid position in realm of deep time and space. Humility and wonder is what this book was about for me. Excellent!
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