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Earth (the book) : a visitor's guide to the human race / written and edited by Jon Stewart [and others].

Title
Earth (the book) : a visitor's guide to the human race / written and edited by Jon Stewart [and others].
Publication
New York, N.Y. : Grand Central, 2010.

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Additional Authors
Stewart, Jon, 1962-
Description
ix, 244 pages : color illustrations, color maps; 27 cm
Summary
Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show embark on a mission to write a book that sums up the human race: What we looked like; what we accomplished; our achievements in society, government, religion, science and culture. Here is the definitive guide to our species--completely unburdened by objectivity, journalistic integrity, or even accuracy.
Uniform Title
Daily show (Television program)
Alternative Title
Daily Show with Jon Stewart presents
Subject
  • Human behavior > Humor
  • Civilization > Humor
  • History > Humor
  • Wit and humor
  • Wit and Humor as Topic
  • Comportement humain > Humour
  • Civilisation > Humour
  • Histoire > Humour
  • Humour
  • humor
  • Civilization
  • Human behavior
  • History
  • Human beings > History > Humor
Genre/Form
  • Political satire, American.
  • American wit and humor – 21st century.
  • Wit and Humor
  • humor.
  • Humor
  • Humour.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
To our alien readers -- To our human readers -- Earth : everything you need to know about this gently-used, pre-owned planet -- Life : a comprehensive guide to things that can be killed -- Man : an introduction to the solar system's original "bad boys" -- The life cycle : we called this living -- Society: how we overcame our basic humanity for the greater good -- Commerce : you didn't have to be crazy to work here- but it helped -- Religion : we were sure someone was in charge -- Science : discovering nature's majesty, and then fixing it -- Culture : the ultimate expression of our humanity, minus 10% commission -- Appendices. Final scores ; Why we're not here ; What we left out.
ISBN
  • 9780446579223
  • 044657922X
  • 9780446199438
  • 0446199435
LCCN
2010932067
OCLC
  • 548641994
  • SCSB-11071705
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library