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

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

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Additional authors
  1. Stewart, Jon, 1962-
Description
  1. ix, 244 pages : color illustrations, color maps; 27 cm
Summary
  1. 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
  1. Daily show (Television program)
Alternative title
  1. Daily Show with Jon Stewart presents
Subject
  1. Human behavior > Humor
  2. Civilization > Humor
  3. History > Humor
  4. Wit and humor
  5. Wit and Humor as Topic
  6. Comportement humain > Humour
  7. Civilisation > Humour
  8. Histoire > Humour
  9. Humour
  10. humor
  11. Civilization
  12. Human behavior
  13. History
  14. Human beings > History > Humor
Genre/Form
  1. Political satire, American.
  2. American wit and humor – 21st century.
  3. Wit and Humor
  4. humor.
  5. Humor
  6. Humour.
Contents
  1. 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.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
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