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Maps of time : an introduction to big history / / David Christian



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Autore: Christian David <1946-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Maps of time : an introduction to big history / / David Christian Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2011]
©2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxvii, 642 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina: 901
Soggetto topico: Civilization - Philosophy
Human evolution
World history
Soggetto non controllato: australian authors
big bang
biological sciences
biology
black holes
brain food
civilization
cosmology
creation myth
earth before humans
evolution
history first principles
history of our solar system
known world
mathematics and science
natural history
nature and ecology
nature
origins of universe
science nature
solar system
space sciences
space time
space
time
universe
why are we here
world history
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Preface to the 2011 Edition -- Introduction: A Modern Creation Myth? -- Part I. The Inanimate Universe -- Part II. Life on Earth -- Part III. Early Human History: Many Worlds -- Part IV. The Holocene: Few Worlds -- Part V. The Modern Era: One World -- Part VI. Perspectives on the Future -- Appendix 1. Dating Techniques, Chronologies, and Timelines -- Appendix 2 . Chaos and Order -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: An 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Maps of Time  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-27973-8
9786613279736
0-520-95067-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910789648403321
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Serie: California World History Library