Big History
Between Nothing and Everything
What's it about
Ever wonder how everything, from the Big Bang to your morning coffee, is connected? Get ready to see the entire 13.8-billion-year history of the universe as a single, epic story. You'll finally grasp your place in the grand cosmic narrative. This summary of Big History connects the dots between physics, chemistry, biology, and human history. You'll discover the eight major thresholds of increasing complexity that created stars, planets, life, and civilization, offering you a powerful new framework for understanding the world and your role within it.
Meet the author
Distinguished Professor David Christian pioneered the influential Big History framework, which integrates knowledge from across the sciences and humanities to tell a unified story of the cosmos, Earth, and humanity. A historian by training, he became fascinated by the challenge of seeing the entire past as a single, coherent narrative. This led him to collaborate with experts in diverse fields, from astrophysics to biology, creating the groundbreaking perspective that has now been taught to millions of students worldwide, including through a popular course supported by Bill Gates.
What's it about
Ever wonder how everything, from the Big Bang to your morning coffee, is connected? Get ready to see the entire 13.8-billion-year history of the universe as a single, epic story. You'll finally grasp your place in the grand cosmic narrative. This summary of Big History connects the dots between physics, chemistry, biology, and human history. You'll discover the eight major thresholds of increasing complexity that created stars, planets, life, and civilization, offering you a powerful new framework for understanding the world and your role within it.
Meet the author
Distinguished Professor David Christian pioneered the influential Big History framework, which integrates knowledge from across the sciences and humanities to tell a unified story of the cosmos, Earth, and humanity. A historian by training, he became fascinated by the challenge of seeing the entire past as a single, coherent narrative. This led him to collaborate with experts in diverse fields, from astrophysics to biology, creating the groundbreaking perspective that has now been taught to millions of students worldwide, including through a popular course supported by Bill Gates.
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