What on Earth Happened?
Help raise £10,000 for The Resurgence Trust!
Resurgence magazine has teamed up with journalist and author Christopher Lloyd to raise £10,000 for The Resurgence Trust. To coincide with the launch of his forthcoming book What on Earth Happened?: The complete story of the planet, life and people from the Big Bang to the present day, Christopher has created a 5-minute online quiz to test the nation’s knowledge about the history of our precious planet Earth.
Christopher is offering a £1 donation to The Resurgence Trust (up to a maximum of £10,000) for every person who enters the online quiz between now and the book’s launch at The Royal Institution in London on 7th October. Donations will be made out of royalties received from sales of the book.
Please help us maximise this generous opportunity by entering the quiz here and do please email as many of your friends and colleagues as possible, so they can do likewise.
Thank you so much!
What is ‘What on Earth Happened?
- How old is the universe?
- When did life on earth begin?
- What happened to the dinosaurs?
- Who was our oldest ancestor?
- Who invented writing?
- How did ancient Chinese science shape the modern world?
- Why did European explorers set out to conquer the globe?
- Can a planet populated by 7 billion humans flourish?
- Are we really superior to other living things?
These are just some of the questions answered in Christopher Lloyd’s unique volume, which covers 13.7 billion years in a single, sweeping narrative in which the author relates the entire history of the world using the metaphor of a 24 hour clock. Drawing on disciplines ranging from astrophysics to zoology, What on Earth Happened? presents the whole history of our planet, and shows how life, the universe and everything are connected.
What on Earth Happened? is published by Bloomsbury and will be available in all good bookshops and online priced at £25. Details at the What on Earth Happened website.
