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Author
Series
California world history library volume 2
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Formats
Author
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Lectures by Dr. David Christian, Professor of History at San Diego State University. Surveys the past at all possible scales, from conventional history, to the much larger scales of biology and geology, to the universal scales of cosmology.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Most historians study the smallest slivers of time, emphasizing specific dates, individuals, and documents. But what would it look like to study the whole of history, from the big bang through the present day -- and even into the remote future? How would looking at the full span of time change the way we perceive the universe, the earth, and our very existence? These were the questions David Christian set out to answer when he created the field of...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Spark
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The future is uncertain, a bit spooky, possibly dangerous, maybe wonderful. We cope with this never-ending uncertainty by telling stories about the future, future stories. How do we construct those stories? Where is the future, the place where we set those stories? Can we trust our future stories? And what sort of futures do they show us? This book is about future stories and future thinking, about how we prepare for the future. Think of it as a...
6) Big history
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Why does the universe work the way it does? Why are stars so big? Why are humans so small? What does it mean to be human? Big History blends geology, biology, physics, anthropology, sociology, and so much more to tell one coherent story, taking us right back to our origins and exploring how a unique series of events led to and then impacted human existence: how everything came to be, where we fit in, and even where we are going. Graphics, artworks,...
