While it is not one of H.G. Wells' many famous; popular science fiction novels; A Short History of the World remains a worthwhile and informative read.
#4059979 in Books 2013-10-27Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 10.00 x 1.38 x 7.00l; 2.31 #File Name: 1493594133612 pages
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Cultural evolution goes cosmic!By Tim TylerThis is a great look at cultural evolution in the cosmos. It's pretty far-out reading material; though. There's a lot of material about cosmic evolution of universes; anthropic reasoning; SETI and what happens to mature civilizations. Many of the contributors discuss cultural evolution intelligently; make use concepts from memetics; and generally know what they are talking about. As contributors; we have Blackmore on temes; Dennettt on memes; Gardner on the intelligent universe; John Smart on the amazing future; Paul Davies - and many others. However; the book is jam packed with wild speculation about far-future events and possible alien evolution - and other material on the fringes of science. I liked it; but this may not be for everyone.
