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Record Nr.

UNINA9910140620603321

Autore

Spier Fred <1952->

Titolo

Big history and the future of humanity [[electronic resource] /] / Fred Spier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

ISBN

1-4443-9587-4

1-282-48266-1

9786612482663

1-4443-2349-0

1-4443-2350-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Disciplina

909

Soggetti

Civilization - Philosophy

History - Philosophy

World history - Philosophy

Human evolution

Human ecology

Biocomplexity

Complexity (Philosophy)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BIG HISTORY AND THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1: INTRODUCTION TO BIG HISTORY; 2: GENERAL APPROACH; 3: COSMIC EVOLUTION: The Emergence of Simple Forms of Complexity; 4: OUR COSMIC NEIGHBORHOOD: The Emergence of Greater Complexity; 5: LIFE ON EARTH: The Widening Range of Complexity; 6: EARLY HUMAN HISTORY: The Emergence of the Greatest Known Complexity; 7: RECENT HUMAN HISTORY: The Development of the Greatest Known Complexity; 8: FACING THE FUTURE; Appendix: A SHORT TIME LINE OF BIG HISTORY; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Big History and the Future of Humanity presents an original theoretical



approach that makes "big history" - the placing of the human past within the history of life, the Earth, and the Universe -- accessible to general readers while revealing insights into what the future may hold for humanity. Provides an accessible and original overview of the entire sweep of history that places human history within the history of life, the Earth, and the Universe Features an