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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Maps of time Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004. (DLC) 2003012764 |
Material Type: | Document, Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
David Christian |
ISBN: | 9780520950672 0520950674 9780520931923 0520931920 0520901630 9780520901636 1417515007 9781417515004 1597347345 9781597347341 1282357735 9781282357730 9786612357732 6612357738 |
OCLC Number: | 55610115 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xxii, 642 p.) |
Contents: | Introduction: A modern creation myth? -- pt. 1. The Inanimate Universe. The first 300,000 years: origins of the universe, time and space -- Origins of the galaxies and stars: the beginnings of complexity -- Origins and history of the earth -- pt. 2. Life on Earth. The origins of life and the theory of evolution -- The evolution of life and the biosphere -- pt. 3. Early Human History: Many Worlds. The evolution of humans -- The beginnings of human history -- pt. 4. The Holocene: Few Worlds. Intensification and the origins of agriculture -- From power over nature to power over people: cities, states, and "civilizations" -- Long trends in the era of agrarian "civilizations" -- pt. 5. The Modern Era: One World. Approaching modernity -- Globalization, commercialization, and innovation -- Birth of the modern world -- The great acceleration of the twentieth century -- pt. 6. Perspectives on the Future. Futures. |
Series Title: | The California world history library, 2. |
Responsibility: | David Christian. |
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Abstract:
Beginning with the Big Bang, this work views the interaction of the natural world with the arrivals in flora and fauna, including human beings. It opens with the origins of the universe, the stars and the galaxies, the sun and the solar system, including the earth, and conducts you through the evolution of the planet before human habitation.
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"No work in this genre [macro-history] is better than David Christian's Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History.... [I]t is a brilliantly executed act of provocation." - The Times "Forges bold and ingenious connections between the physical and social sciences." - The Age "A good read, a fascinating prospectus for a new kind of history." - American Scientist" Read more...

