The humorous history of humanity's game-changers.
The humorous history of humanity's game-changers.
Humor (general), Social history, World
Lightbulb Moments in Human History: From Peasants to Periwigs continues the humorous and informative series exploring the big ideas that have shaped humanity. Packed with laughs and fascinating insights, it documents the progression from the boozy peasants of the Middle Ages to the bewigged boffins of the Scientific Revolution.
Along the way, you’ll find answers to burning questions such as:
Why did a mob of peasants follow a 'divinely inspired' goose to the Crusades?
Was Captain Cook really devoured by cannibals, or was it just a terrible misunderstanding?
What the hell is a periwig, and why did the best-dressed seventeenth-century men insist on wearing them?
Lightbulb Moments in Human History: From Peasants to Periwigs by Scott Edwin Williams is not the history you were taught in school. It demonstrates that, despite all evidence to the contrary, our world is actually getting better. So grab a mug of mead, slap on your finest periwig, and dive into the rich history of human ingenuity.
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Taking up the baton from his first book, Lightbulb Moments in Human History: From Cave to Colosseum, in his second in the series: From Peasants to Periwigs, Scott Edwin Williams takes the Mickey out of the human race’s spectacular flaws, but puts the Superman back into its greatest achievements. While selected lightbulb moments flickered in Europe dunked in its Dark Age, polymaths were sprouting a dinar a dozen in Islamic Middle East basking in its Golden Age, carrying the dazzling torch of humankind’s enlightenment up to the Renaissance era. Scott’s approach, flavored with scintillating wit, dark humor and spiced with expletives, may not curry favor with the dogmatic, but it is served to the open-minded by an intelligent observer, who manages to evoke empathy and hope for the human spirit. ~ Dr Micki Pistorius, author of Catch Me a Killer
Lightbulb Moments in Human History is flavored with scintillating wit and dark humor, and served to the open-minded by an intelligent observer, who manages to evoke empathy and hope for the human spirit. ~ Dr. Micki Pistorius, author of Catch Me a Killer
Here’s your chance to learn and enjoy Big History in a slightly 'deranged' romp. ~ Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, Australian science communicator, author, and populariser
