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Earth (the book) : a visitor's guide to the human race / written and edited by Jon Stewart [and others].
- Title
- Earth (the book) : a visitor's guide to the human race / written and edited by Jon Stewart [and others].
- Publication
- New York, N.Y. : Grand Central, 2010.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | PN6231.H763 S74 2010b | Off-site | |
| Text | Request in advance | PN6231.H763 S74 2010b | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Stewart, Jon, 1962-
- Description
- ix, 244 pages : color illustrations, color maps; 27 cm
- 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.
- Uniform Title
- Daily show (Television program)
- Alternative Title
- Daily Show with Jon Stewart presents
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Political satire, American.
- American wit and humor – 21st century.
- Wit and Humor
- humor.
- Humor
- Humour.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9780446579223
- 044657922X
- 9780446199438
- 0446199435
- LCCN
- 2010932067
- OCLC
- 548641994
- SCSB-11071705
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library