A few million years ago, our ancestors came down from the trees and began to sta
nd upright, freeing our hands to create tools and our minds to grapple with the
world around us.
Leonard Mlodinow takes us on a passionate and inspiring tour
through the exciting history of human progress and the key events in the develop
ment of science. In the process, he presents a fascinating new look at the uniqu
e characteristics of our species and our society that helped propel us from ston
e tools to written language and through the birth of chemistry, biology, and mod
ern physics to today s technological world.
