Big History, a Berkshire Essential, places the history of humanity and the Earth in the largest of contexts – that of the universe. Its interdisciplinary approach draws from diverse fields including archaeology, paleoanthropology, astronomy, and biology, and raises new questions about the future of our species and its relationship to the biosphere.
Big History: a Berkshire Essential
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Big History, a Berkshire Essential, places the history of humanity and the Earth in the largest of contexts – that of the universe. The interdisciplinary approach taken in this Berkshire Essential volume draws from diverse fields including archaeology, paleoanthropology, astronomy, and biology and raises new questions about the future of our species and its relationship to the biosphere. The articles, including several written by author David Christian, convey big history’s span and scope from cosmology, creation myths, and the Gaia theory to ice ages, extinctions, and migrations. Big History also explains why many geologists believe the world entered a new geological epoch (the Anthropocene) at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, when human activity unwittingly became the single most important force for change in the biosphere.
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| Editor | Jerry H. Bentley, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Ralph C. Croizier, University of Victoria, John R. McNeill, Georgetown University, William H. McNeill, University of Chicago |
| General Editor | David Christian, Macquarie University; Ewha Womans University |
| Associate Editor | Brett Bowden, University of Western Sydney |
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| ISBN | 9781933782928 |
| Copyright | 2011 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Pages | 176 |
| Chinese Title | 宝库山精选: 大历史 |
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Reference & Research Book News: October 2011 –
“This small volume, part of a series from Berkshire Publishing that addresses large topical issues in history with easy-to-read and reference encyclopedia style works, investigates Big History, the study of history through very large periods of time and the examinations of geologic, atmospheric and biological phenomena that shaped the course of world development.
Reference & Research Book News –
“This small volume, part of a series from Berkshire Publishing that addresses large topical issues in history with easy-to-read and reference encyclopedia style works, investigates Big History, the study of history through very large periods of time and the examinations of geologic, atmospheric and biological phenomena that shaped the course of world development.”