News and Events
26 January 2017
The Spectator Books Podcast
30-minute discussion between Sam Leith, James Le Fanu, and me discussing COSMOSAPIENS. “This is the greatest story ever told… we are the first generation to be able to hold in our mind’s eye the whole history of the universe from the moment it started until yesterday… unbelievably thrilling, and John tells it terribly well… terrific.” To hear full podcast go to podcast
6 January 2017
2 December 2016
A thought-provoking, super interesting read, guaranteed to get the grey matter working
—The Sun
24 November 2016
Updated UK Paperback of COSMOSAPIENS
Published today, this is the main feature of publisher Duckworth’s website, with a Click to Watch “Join author on an epic scientific adventure to find out what we are and where we came from” plus a “Meet Author John Hands” window.
8-minute Ideapod video about COSMOSAPIENS by Tia Kansara, which she uploaded to YouTube today, has had 24,000 views, 513 likes, and produced 186 comments and 110 shares. See here
22 November 2016
“Is it Time to Drop Darwinism?”
Drawing on Part 2 of COSMOSAPIENS, this is today’s lead article on the BBC Science Focus homepage. To read the article, click here
20 November 2016
8-minute interview on YouTube by Tia Kansara about what makes COSMOSAPIENS unique and what its surprising conclusions are. See here.
Five 1-minute presentations about COSMOSAPIENS are also on YouTube. See
Brief Introduction to COSMOSAPIENS here
The fallacy of NeoDarwinism shown by COSMOSAPIENS here
How COSMOSAPIENS replaces NeoDarwinian dogma here
COSMOSAPIENS says why we humans are unique here
The surprising conclusions of COSMOSAPIENS here
10 November 2016
3 October 2016
Guest on the US WebTalkRadio series “Conversations Beyond Science and Religion”. Host Phillip Comella says of the talk “This is one of my best shows and I thank John Hands for not only writing the book [#COSMOSAPIENS], but for having what I hope the listener will find to be a mind-opening conversation.” Available to listen to here.
18 September 2016
10 years in the making, this tour de force is a critical examination of scientific theories and evidence – systematic observation or experiment – about the origin and evolution of matter, life, consciousness and humankind. As such, it could scarcely be more ambitious, but the result is a triumph of detailed conceptual analysis covering the fields of fundamental cosmology, physics, biology and the evolution of philosophical and religious ideas… At the end of this dense and closely argued treatise, one can only agree with Tim Crane, Knightsbridge professor of philosophy at Cambridge, that ‘[COSMOSAPIENS] is a truly exceptional piece of work.’
—David Lorimer, lead book review of 77 in Network Review: Journal of the Scientific and Medical Network
22 August 2016
1-minute YouTube videos now available
Five 1-minute YouTube videos produced by Tia Kansara PhD, Chair, and Tiffany Yu, member, of Thousand Network now available:
Brief Introduction to COSMOSAPIENS here
The fallacy of NeoDarwinism shown by COSMOSAPIENS here
How COSMOSAPIENS replaces NeoDarwinian dogma here
COSMOSAPIENS says why we humans are unique here
The surprising conclusions of COSMOSAPIENS here