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Autore: | Spier Fred <1952-> |
Titolo: | Big history and the future of humanity / / Fred Spier |
Pubblicazione: | Chichester, [England] : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 |
2015 | |
Edizione: | Second edition. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
Disciplina: | 909 |
Soggetto topico: | Civilization - Philosophy |
History - Philosophy | |
World history - Philosophy | |
Human evolution | |
Human ecology | |
Biocomplexity | |
Complexity (Philosophy) | |
Classificazione: | 201.1 |
909 | |
Note generali: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Introduction to big history -- General approach -- Cosmic evolution : the emergence of simple forms of complexity -- Our cosmic neighborhood : the emergence of greater complexity -- Life on the Earth : the widening range of complexity -- Early human history : the emergence of the greatest known complexity -- Recent human history : the development of the greatest known complexity -- Facing the future -- Appendix: A short time line of big history. |
Sommario/riassunto: | "Provides an accessible and original overview of the entire sweep of history that places human history within the context of the history of life, the Earth, and the universe"-- |
Titolo autorizzato: | Big history and the future of humanity |
ISBN: | 1-118-88171-0 |
1-118-88170-2 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910828934703321 |
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