{"product_id":"stranger-than-we-can-imagine-an-alternative-history-of-the-20th-century-john-higgs","title":"Stranger Than We Can Imagine: An Alternative History of the 20th Century - John Higgs","description":"\u003cdiv data-testid=\"description\" class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large TruncatedContent__text--expanded\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe extraordinary story of the 20th century, as told from the furthest fringes of science, art and culture. For readers of Bryson's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Short History of Nearly Everthing\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     Before 1900, history was an account of great discoveries that actually made sense. People understand innovations like the steam engine, agriculture, or electricity. The twentieth century, by contrast, gave us quantum entanglement, cubism, relativity, psychedelics, postmodernism, chaos maths, and the Somme.\u003cbr\u003e     This is the story of that confusing century as told through the ideas produced at the furthest fringes of our sciences, arts, and culture. Its cast includes well-known geniuses such as Albert Einstein, Francis Crick, and Pablo Picasso, lesser known geniuses like Edward Lorenz, Sergey Korolyov, or Shigeru Miyamoto, and infamous but influential ne'er-do-wells like Timothy Leary, Aleister Crowley and Keith Richards. In this company we take a tour through ideas as strange as general relativity, DNA, the subconscious, Gaia theory, and Dada.\u003cbr\u003e     In\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe 20th Century\u003c\/i\u003e, a brilliantly written and original book, John Higgs explores, with great clarity and wit, the extremes of twentieth century thought, and in doing so shows how a world of empires became a world of individuals. You will never see the twentieth century in the same way again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-testid=\"pagesFormat\"\u003e352 pages, Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-testid=\"publicationInfo\"\u003eFirst published November 3, 2015\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-testid=\"publicationInfo\"\u003e582g\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Terrier Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48239084535908,"sku":"9780771038471","price":14.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/4869\/4628\/files\/IMG_89282.jpg?v=1775941176","url":"https:\/\/terrierbooks.com\/en-us\/products\/stranger-than-we-can-imagine-an-alternative-history-of-the-20th-century-john-higgs","provider":"Terrier Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}