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The People's Peking Man

2009-05-15 History
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Release : 2009-05-15
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The People's Peking Man by : Sigrid Schmalzer

Download or read book The People's Peking Man written by Sigrid Schmalzer. This book was released on 2009-05-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1920s an international team of scientists and miners unearthed the richest evidence of human evolution the world had ever seen: Peking Man. After the communist revolution of 1949, Peking Man became a prominent figure in the movement to bring science to the people. In a new state with twin goals of crushing “superstition” and establishing a socialist society, the story of human evolution was the first lesson in Marxist philosophy offered to the masses. At the same time, even Mao’s populist commitment to mass participation in science failed to account for the power of popular culture—represented most strikingly in legends about the Bigfoot-like Wild Man—to reshape ideas about human nature. The People’s Peking Man is a skilled social history of twentieth-century Chinese paleoanthropology and a compelling cultural—and at times comparative—history of assumptions and debates about what it means to be human. By focusing on issues that push against the boundaries of science and politics, The People’s Peking Man offers an innovative approach to modern Chinese history and the history of science.

The Peking Man is Missing

2008 Fiction
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Release : 2008
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 132/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Peking Man is Missing by : Claire Taschdjian

Download or read book The Peking Man is Missing written by Claire Taschdjian. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1920s, on a hill near Peking (now Beijing), a team of scientists discovered a huge cache of human bones, some more than half a million years old. Collectively dubbed ?Peking Man,? they were one of the most important finds in the history of paleontology. And in 1941, in the chaos of World War II they disappeared. No one knows what happened, but there are plenty of theories, many with political implications. Claire Taschdjian's speculation as to what might have become of the priceless fossils could represent just another theory, but for one intriguing fact: Claire Taschdjian was one of the last people in the world known to have seen Peking Man. (With newly-commissioned material on the true story of the Peking Man.)

The People's Peking Man

2004 Group identity
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Release : 2004
Genre : Group identity
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Book Synopsis The People's Peking Man by : Sigrid Schmalzer

Download or read book The People's Peking Man written by Sigrid Schmalzer. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Jesuit and the Skull

2008-11-04 Science
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Release : 2008-11-04
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 356/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Jesuit and the Skull by : Amir Aczel

Download or read book The Jesuit and the Skull written by Amir Aczel. This book was released on 2008-11-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of Fermat?s Last Theorem, ?an extraordinary story?( Philadelphia Inquirer) of discovery, evolution, science, and faith. In 1929, French Jesuit priest Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was a part of a group of scientists that uncovered a skull that became known as Peking Man, a key evolutionary link that left Teilhard torn between science and his ancient faith, and would leave him ostracized by his beloved Catholic Church. His struggle is at the heart of The Jesuit and the Skull, which takes readers across continents and cultures in a fascinating exploration of one of the twentieth century?s most important discoveries, and one of the world?s most provocative pieces of evidence in the roiling debate between creationism and evolution.

The Man from Beijing

2010-02-16 Fiction
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Release : 2010-02-16
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 177/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Man from Beijing by : Henning Mankell

Download or read book The Man from Beijing written by Henning Mankell. This book was released on 2010-02-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the dean of Scandinavian noir, Henning Mankell, the internationally bestselling and universally acclaimed Kurt Wallander series, an incredible stand-alone masterpiece: a bone-chilling mystery that spans two centuries and four continents. In the far north of Sweden a small, quiet village has been almost entirely wiped out by a mass murderer. The only clue left at the scene is a red ribbon. Among the victims are the grandparents of Judge Birgitta Roslin, who sets out to find the killer. Despite being brushed off by the police, Birgitta is determined to prove that the murders were not a random act of violence but are part of something far more dark and complex. Her investigation leads to the highest echelons of power and into the recesses of history where the seeds of evil deeds were planted.

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