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This fascinating history of how, where and why humans swim...is perfect reading for those missing a splash-about during the lockdown.GuardianFrom the first recorded dip into whats now the driest spot on earth to the recreational swimmers in your local pool, humans have been getting wet for 10,000 years. And for most of modern history, swimming has caused a ripple that touches us all.Splash! dives into Egypt, winds through ancient Greece and Rome, flows mostly underground through the Dark and Middle Ages (at least in Europe), and then re-emerges in the wake of the Renaissance before taking its final lap at the modern Olympic Games. Along the way, it kicks away the idea that swimming is just about speed or great feats of aquatic endurance, revealing how its history spans religion, fashion, architecture, public health, colonialism, segregation, sexism, sexiness, guts, glory and much, much more.As refreshing as jumping into a pool on a hot summers day, Splash! sweeps across the whole of humankinds swimming history with an irrepressible enthusiasm that will make you crave your next dip.

Los dioses no existen, incluyendo por supuesto al Dios hebreo, Jehová y su reedición tricéfala cristiana son un invento patriarcal de los hombres primitivos para sojuzgar la tierra y a sus habitantes, particularmente a las mujeres. La religion es el prejuicio mas dañino de la humanidad por lo que debe erradicarse.