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LifeonPlanet EarthUser's Guide CecilJenkins ADVANCE INFORMATIONKEY SELLING POINTSAnon-fictionphilosophy book whichbrings togetherallthe challenges at presentfacing humanity. Combinesthoroughresearchwithalight-heartedandhumorouswritingstyle,makingcomplextopics accessible and enjoyable to read for audiences of all backgrounds.Authorisanacademicandwriter.Cecil Jenkins provides a coherentanalysis ofthe interlocking challenges confronting humans,the younger generationmost directly, onthis small planet.While firmly backed by research,itiswrittenwithhumourwithin ateasingframeworkandinaneasyconversationalstyle.Aftersketchingthecosmicaccidentsthatcreatedtheplanet,killedoffthedinosaursand made wayforthe modernhumantoevolveinto%u2018theonlycreaturetoknowthatitwilldie%u2019,Cecilbeginswiththesuccessive lotteriesdeterminingconception,gender,physical appearanceandtheinterplayofNatureandNurture.This leads directly to the family,withits often-testing dynamics and its birth order stereotypes,whichare then viewedinrelationtowealth,socialclass,politicalchangeandindeedtothemanyconflictingreligionsand ideologies.Having proceeded againstthis background to examine the changing nature ofrelationships, bothsocial and intimate,hemoves finally tothemajor challenges nowfacing ourspecies: the life-or-deathquestion of climate change,the promising yet menacing onset of artificial intelligence, andthemysterious dark matterand energy thatreduceourareaofunderstandingto5%oftheuniverse.Afterlookingatchangingviewsofdeath,heends onanoteof cautiousoptimism.Cecil Jenkins taughtatSussexUniversity,wherehealsoservedforaperiodasDeanofEuropeanStudies.In additionto hispublished academic books, ABriefHistoryof France;ABriefHistoryofParis;the critical studiesMauriacandAndr%u00e9Malraux,hehaspublishedaprize-winningcrime novel,anovelaboutPicasso, and hadthreestageplaysperformed,oneinNewYork,plusplaysonRadio3.He isbasedinLondon.Publication Date: 28th October 2024 %u00a39.99 ISBN:9781836280095 Thema subject category: QD %u2013 Philosophypaperback 198 x 129 mm 160 pp Portrait Authorlocation: LondonSales: Star Book Sales LLP T: 01404 515050E: enquiries@starbooksales.comtwitter.com/starbooksales
