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Throwing Fire: Projectile Technology Through History
August 23, 2007
Alfred W. Crosby professor emeritus, history, UTexas at Austin

Alfred Crosby reads from his latest book, and explores how the global environment can be radically altered by collective human behaviors.

Crosby asks important questions about the conditions of life on our planet, exploring the tremendous capacity humans have to adapt to the variability of those conditions. His recent book, Throwing Fire: Projectile Technology Through History, looks at fire and the fast ball as two key steps in human development.

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Alfred W. Crosby | Anthropology | U Texas at Austin | Biodiversity | Engineering | Humans & Nature | Physics
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