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How Did We Find Out #15
How We Found Out About Our Human Roots
Traces the history of the study of early man and explains what this study has revealed about his roots.
Contents:
The stone age.
Neanderthal man.
Java man and Peking man.
The little Ape-men.
How it began.
Contents:
The stone age.
Neanderthal man.
Java man and Peking man.
The little Ape-men.
How it began.
- GenresScience
53 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1979
48 people want to read
About the author
Isaac Asimov
4,354 books28k followersWorks of prolific Russian-American writer Isaac Asimov include popular explanations of scientific principles,
The Foundation Trilogy
(1951-1953), and other volumes of fiction.
Isaac Asimov, a professor of biochemistry, wrote as a highly successful author, best known for his books.
Asimov, professor, generally considered of all time, edited more than five hundred books and ninety thousand letters and postcards. He published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey decimal classification but lacked only an entry in the category of philosophy (100).
People widely considered Asimov, a master of the genre alongside Robert Anson Heinlein and Arthur Charles Clarke as the "big three" during his lifetime. He later tied Galactic Empire and the Robot into the same universe as his most famous series to create a unified "future history" for his stories much like those that Heinlein pioneered and Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson previously produced. He penned "Nightfall," voted in 1964 as the best short story of all time; many persons still honor this title. He also produced well mysteries, fantasy, and a great quantity of nonfiction. Asimov used Paul French, the pen name, for the Lucky Starr, series of juvenile novels.
Most books of Asimov in a historical way go as far back to a time with possible question or concept at its simplest stage. He often provides and mentions well nationalities, birth, and death dates for persons and etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms. Guide to Science, the tripartite set Understanding Physics, and Chronology of Science and Discovery exemplify these books.
Asimov, a long-time member, reluctantly served as vice president of Mensa international and described some members of that organization as "brain-proud and aggressive about their IQs." He took more pleasure as president of the humanist association. The asteroid 5020 Asimov, the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, an elementary school in Brooklyn in New York, and two different awards honor his name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_As...
Isaac Asimov, a professor of biochemistry, wrote as a highly successful author, best known for his books.
Asimov, professor, generally considered of all time, edited more than five hundred books and ninety thousand letters and postcards. He published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey decimal classification but lacked only an entry in the category of philosophy (100).
People widely considered Asimov, a master of the genre alongside Robert Anson Heinlein and Arthur Charles Clarke as the "big three" during his lifetime. He later tied Galactic Empire and the Robot into the same universe as his most famous series to create a unified "future history" for his stories much like those that Heinlein pioneered and Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson previously produced. He penned "Nightfall," voted in 1964 as the best short story of all time; many persons still honor this title. He also produced well mysteries, fantasy, and a great quantity of nonfiction. Asimov used Paul French, the pen name, for the Lucky Starr, series of juvenile novels.
Most books of Asimov in a historical way go as far back to a time with possible question or concept at its simplest stage. He often provides and mentions well nationalities, birth, and death dates for persons and etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms. Guide to Science, the tripartite set Understanding Physics, and Chronology of Science and Discovery exemplify these books.
Asimov, a long-time member, reluctantly served as vice president of Mensa international and described some members of that organization as "brain-proud and aggressive about their IQs." He took more pleasure as president of the humanist association. The asteroid 5020 Asimov, the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, an elementary school in Brooklyn in New York, and two different awards honor his name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_As...
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January 6, 2025
The quality is a solid 4 stars but of course this book is way out of date since the information about our human and not quite so human ancestry has exploded since Asimov wrote this book in 1979. I found this interesting and easy to follow. Be aware that much has happened in this field and therefore this would be a terrible book for student reports. It could be used as an introduction but do encourage students to get additional books! Recommended with caveats.
September 10, 2017
El libro es bastante corto, dejando poco espacio para desarrollar muchas de las ideas MUY INTERESANTES que contiene, lo que lo acaba haciendo para mi juicio un poco justo. Aún así, da una idea general del plano evolutivo reciente de nuestra especie, de cómo los expertos han llegado a ciertas conclusiones sobre nuestros antepasados y las incógnitas que se han planteado.
March 8, 2023
Πριν 40 χρόνια, αυτού του είδους τα βιβλία ήταν πολύ μπροστά και ένα πολύ καλό δώρο που μπορούσατε να κάνετε στο παιδί σας αντί να το παρκάρετε μπροστά από την (ασπρόμαυρη ακόμα) τηλεόρασή σας.
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