The Rise & Fall of Atlantis: And the Mysterious Origins of Human Civilization

by J. S. Gordon

Paperback, 2008

Status

Available

Call number

001.94

Publication

Watkins (1999), Edition: First Edition, 384 pages

Description

Could the lost civilization of Atlantis provide the answer to the origins of human existence? In his controversial new study, John Gordon examines the evidence and makes some startling discoveries. Though many have dismissed Plato's account of the vanished continent and its people as fantasy, Gordon argues that not only is the story true, but it's a brilliant and complex metaphor for cosmic creation. Gordon's research leads him to oppose modern scientific orthodoxy on a range of accepted ideas from the "Big Bang" theory to Darwinian evolution. He questions the concept that humans emerged relatively recently; the notion that dinosaurs became extinct due to an asteroid impact; and the belief that present-day global warming has a human cause. It's an eye-opening look at our world.… (more)

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

384 p.; 5.75 inches

ISBN

1905857241 / 9781905857241
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