03018nam 2200685Ia 450 991084173730332120230725023147.01-4443-9587-41-282-48266-197866124826631-4443-2349-01-4443-2350-4(CKB)2670000000009425(EBL)485691(OCoLC)593299208(SSID)ssj0000335194(PQKBManifestationID)11241583(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335194(PQKBWorkID)10272704(PQKB)11455171(MiAaPQ)EBC485691(EXLCZ)99267000000000942520091102d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBig history and the future of humanity[electronic resource] /Fred SpierChichester, West Sussex, U.K. ;Malden, MA Wiley-Blackwell20101 online resource (290 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4443-3943-5 1-4443-3421-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; INDEXBig 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 anCivilizationPhilosophyHistoryPhilosophyWorld historyPhilosophyHuman evolutionHuman ecologyBiocomplexityComplexity (Philosophy)CivilizationPhilosophy.HistoryPhilosophy.World historyPhilosophy.Human evolution.Human ecology.Biocomplexity.Complexity (Philosophy)909Spier Fred1952-1637066MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910841737303321Big history and the future of humanity3978665UNINA