The Shortest History of the WorldA fascinating journey through life, the universe and everything. How did time begin? What conditions led to humans evolving on Earth? Will we survive the Anthropocene? And is it really true that we're all made from stars? The Shortest History of the World follows the continuum of historical change in the cosmosfrom the Big Bang, through the evolution of life, to human history. Combining knowledge from chemistry, biology, and physics with insights from