Tom Phillips v knihe Dějiny lidských průserů prináša sviežu, originálnu a priamo chytľavú syntézu historických omylov rozdelenú do 10 kapitol. Rozoberá diplomatické chyby, poľnohospodárske katastrofy, zlé vojenské stratégie, kolonializmus, antibiotiká, technologické prešľapy a atómové zbrane, pričom kombinuje antropologické, archeologické a historické poznatky s ostrým suchým humorom, ktorý však môže niekoho uraziť. Ako varovný príklad opisuje Kesslerov syndróm a problém vesmírnych odpadkov, ktoré by reťazovými zrážkami mohli zablokovať vesmírny prístup a navždy uväzniť ľudstvo na Zemi. Kniha je nabitá faktami, často zábavná aj depresívne poučná a podľa recenzie naozaj stojí za prečítanie.
An exhilarating journey through the most creative and catastrophic f*ck ups in human history, from our very first ancestor falling out of that tree, to the most spectacular fails of the present day. In the seventy thousand years that modern human beings have… ...
An exhilarating journey through the most creative and catastrophic f*ck ups in human history, from our very first ancestor falling out of that tree, to the most spectacular fails of the present day.
In the seventy thousand years that modern human beings have walked this earth, we've come a long way. Art, science, culture, trade - on the evolutionary food chain, we're real winners. But, frankly, it's not exactly been plain sailing, and sometimes - just occasionally - we've managed to really, truly, quite unbelievably f*ck things up.
From Chairman Mao's Four Pests Campaign, to the American Dustbowl; from the Austrian army attacking itself one drunken night, to the world's leading superpower electing a reality TV mogul as President... it's pretty safe to say that, as a species, we haven't exactly grown wiser with age.
So, next time you think you've really f*cked up, this book will remind you: it could be so much worse