TY - BOOK AU - Maurice Burton AU - Walter Shepherd TI - The Story of man T2 - Finding out about Science SN - 0298175029 U1 - 372.35 F494f PY - 1968/// CY - London PB - Hart-Davis KW - Civilization KW - History. Human beings KW - History. Civilization N2 - Man has come a long way in 150,000 years. From the Stone Age to the space age -- why did Homo sapiens flourish where other species failed? In this sweeping examination of the developments that have truly shaped the history of the human race, Cyril Aydon asks how we got here and, crucially, where we are going. The birth of the great religions, the rise and fall of empires, inventions from the wheel to the Interne ER -