LEADER 04772oam 22010335 450 001 996248304103316 005 20231130184855.0 010 $a1-283-27973-8 010 $a9786613279736 010 $a0-520-95067-4 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520950672 035 $a(CKB)2670000000113438 035 $a(EBL)763988 035 $a(OCoLC)749264588 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000555084 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12196812 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000555084 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10517073 035 $a(PQKB)10928889 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000986277 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11547391 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000986277 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10952371 035 $a(PQKB)11646381 035 $a(WaSeSS)Ind00071354 035 $a(DE-B1597)519615 035 $a(OCoLC)874235969 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520950672 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC763988 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000113438 100 $a20200424h20112011 fy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMaps of time $ean introduction to big history /$fDavid Christian 210 1$aBerkeley :$cUniversity of California Press,$d[2011] 210 4$dİ2011 215 $a1 online resource (xxvii, 642 pages) $cillustrations 225 0 $aCalifornia World History Library ;$v2 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-520-27144-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$tTables --$tForeword --$tAcknowledgments --$tPreface to the 2011 Edition --$tIntroduction: A Modern Creation Myth? --$tPart I. The Inanimate Universe --$tPart II. Life on Earth --$tPart III. Early Human History: Many Worlds --$tPart IV. The Holocene: Few Worlds --$tPart V. The Modern Era: One World --$tPart VI. Perspectives on the Future --$tAppendix 1. Dating Techniques, Chronologies, and Timelines --$tAppendix 2 . Chaos and Order --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aAn introduction to a new way of looking at history, from a perspective that stretches from the beginning of time to the present day, Maps of Time is world history on an unprecedented scale. Beginning with the Big Bang, David Christian views the interaction of the natural world with the more recent arrivals in flora and fauna, including human beings. Cosmology, geology, archeology, and population and environmental studies-all figure in David Christian's account, which is an ambitious overview of the emerging field of "Big History." Maps of Time opens with the origins of the universe, the stars and the galaxies, the sun and the solar system, including the earth, and conducts readers through the evolution of the planet before human habitation. It surveys the development of human society from the Paleolithic era through the transition to agriculture, the emergence of cities and states, and the birth of the modern, industrial period right up to intimations of possible futures. Sweeping in scope, finely focused in its minute detail, this riveting account of the known world, from the inception of space-time to the prospects of global warming, lays the groundwork for world history-and Big History-true as never before to its name. 410 0$aCalifornia World History Library 606 $aCivilization$xPhilosophy 606 $aHuman evolution 606 $aWorld history 610 $aaustralian authors. 610 $abig bang. 610 $abiological sciences. 610 $abiology. 610 $ablack holes. 610 $abrain food. 610 $acivilization. 610 $acosmology. 610 $acreation myth. 610 $aearth before humans. 610 $aevolution. 610 $ahistory first principles. 610 $ahistory of our solar system. 610 $aknown world. 610 $amathematics and science. 610 $anatural history. 610 $anature and ecology. 610 $anature. 610 $aorigins of universe. 610 $ascience nature. 610 $asolar system. 610 $aspace sciences. 610 $aspace time. 610 $aspace. 610 $atime. 610 $auniverse. 610 $awhy are we here. 610 $aworld history. 615 0$aCivilization$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aHuman evolution. 615 0$aWorld history. 676 $a901 700 $aChristian$b David$f1946-$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01006105 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996248304103316 996 $aMaps of Time$92314771 997 $aUNISA