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Earth (the book), a visitor's guide to the human race, written and edited by Jon Stewart ... [and others]

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Earth (the book), a visitor's guide to the human race, written and edited by Jon Stewart ... [and others]

Language

eng

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Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Earth (the book)

Oclc number

548641994

Responsibility statement

written and edited by Jon Stewart ... [and others]

Sub title

a visitor's guide to the human race

Summary

Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show embark on a mission to write a book that sums up the human race: What we looked like; what we accomplished; our achievements in society, government, religion, science and culture. Here is the definitive guide to our species--completely unburdened by objectivity, journalistic integrity, or even accuracy

Table Of Contents

To our alien readers -- To our human readers -- Earth : everything you need to know about this gently-used, pre-owned planet -- Life : a comprehensive guide to things that can be killed -- Man : an introduction to the solar system's original "bad boys" -- The life cycle : we called this living -- Society: how we overcame our basic humanity for the greater good -- Commerce : you didn't have to be crazy to work here- but it helped -- Religion : we were sure someone was in charge -- Science : discovering nature's majesty, and then fixing it -- Culture : the ultimate expression of our humanity, minus 10% commission -- Appendices. Final scores ; Why we're not here ; What we left out

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