Jonathan Kennedy

This appealing book and jigsaw is the perfect way to help children grow in confidence as they learn to tell the time The brightly illustrated 100 piece jigsaw features familiar daily scenes such as getting up and having breakfast as well as a clock face with movable hands that children can set to different times The accompanying book explains different aspects of telling the time from hours minutes and seconds to digital and 24 hour clocks in a clear and accessible way

A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKA TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEARA SUNDAY TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR Powerfully argued Fascinating and pacy Sunday Times Book of the Week Superbly written sure to please readers of Yuval Noah Harari or Rutger Bregman The Times Full of amazing facts Observer The book shines when it brings cutting edge science to bear Financial Times A dizzying range of material The Economist A humbling story for humankind SpectatorChallenges some of the greatest cliches about colonialism A revelation SATHNAM SANGHERA Thrilling and eye opening LEWIS DARTNELL Science and history at its best MARK HONIGSBAUM Unpicks everything we thought we knew Mind blowing CAL FLYNIn this revelatory book Dr Jonathan Kennedy argues that germs have shaped humanity at every stage from the first success of Homo sapiens over the equally intelligent Neanderthals to the fall of Rome and the rise of Islam How did an Indonesian volcano help cause the Black Death setting Europe on the road to capitalism How could 168 men extract the largest ransom in history from an opposing army of eighty thousand And why did the Industrial Revolution lead to the birth of the modern welfare state The latest science reveals that infectious diseases are not just something

A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKPowerfully argued... Fascinating and pacySunday Times, Book of the WeekSuperbly written... sure to please readers of Yuval Noah Harari or Rutger BregmanThe TimesFull of amazing factsObserverIn this revelatory book, Dr Jonathan Kennedy argues that germs have shaped humanity at every stage, from the first success of Homo sapiens over the equally intelligent Neanderthals to the fall of Rome and the rise of Islam.How did an Indonesian volcano help cause the Black Death, setting Europe on the road to capitalism? How could 168 men extract the largest ransom in history from an opposing army of eighty thousand? And why did the Industrial Revolution lead to the birth of the modern welfare state?The latest science reveals that infectious diseases are not just something that happens to us, but a fundamental part of who we are. Indeed, the only reason humans dont lay eggs is that a virus long ago inserted itself into our DNA, and there are as many bacteria in your body as there are human cells. We have been thinking about the survival of the fittest all wrong: evolution is not simply about human strength and intelligence, but about how we live and thrive in a world dominated by microbes.By exploring the startling intimacy of our relationship with infectious diseases, Kennedy shows how they have been responsible for some of the seismic revolutions of the past 50,000 years. Provocative and brimming with insight, Pathogenesis transforms our understanding of the human story.Challenges some of the greatest cliches about colonialism... A revelationSATHNAM SANGHERAThrilling and eye-openingLEWIS DARTNELLScience and history at its bestMARK HONIGSBAUMUnpicks everything we thought we knew... Mind blowingCAL FLYNA TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023A SUNDAY TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023

«Un recorrido fascinante y ameno a través de la historia de la humanidad.»The Sunday TimesA menudo se cree que los grandes cambios históricos fueron provocados por el genio y la tenacidad de grandes

«Un recorrido fascinante y ameno a través de la historia de la humanidad.»The Sunday Times A menudo se cree que los grandes cambios históricos fueron provocados por el genio y la tenacidad de grandes