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A humorous and information guide to surviving historyâEUR(TM)s most challenging threats, from outrunning dinosaurs to making it off the Titanic alive.

A detailed guide to surviving history's most challenging threats, from outrunning dinosaurs to making it off the Titanic aliveHistory is the most dangerous place on earth. From dinosaurs the size of locomotives to meteors big enough to sterilize the planet, from famines to pandemics, from tornadoes to the Chicxulub asteroid, the odds of human survival are slim but not zero-at least, not if you know where to go and what to do.In each chapter of...

Who told the first joke?Who brewed the first beer?Who caught the first case of smallpox? And, most critically, who was the first person to brave the slimy, pale oyster?In Who Ate the First Oyster?, writer Cody Cassidy uses the latest tools and discoveries of modern science to peer into our past and reveal the identity of the prehistoric geniuses (and the lucky fools) behind history's greatest innovations.With a sharp sense of humour and boundl...

The Extraordinary People Behind the Greatest Firsts in History

Who wore the first pants? Who painted the first masterpiece? Who first rode the horse? This madcap adventure across ancient history uses everything from modern genetics to archaeology to uncover the geniuses behind these and other world-changing innovations.Who invented the wheel? Who told the first joke? Who drank the first beer? Who was the murderer in the first murder mystery, who was the first surgeon, who sparked the first fire--and most ...

A gleefully gruesome look at the actual science behind the most outlandish, cartoonish, and impossible deaths you can imagine What would happen if you took a swim outside a deep-sea submarine wearing only a swimsuit? How long could you last if you stood on the surface of the sun? How far could you actually get in digging a hole to China? Paul Doherty, senior staff scientist at San Francisco's famed Exploratorium Museum, and writer Cody Cassidy...