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Big history and the future of humanity
- Title
- Big history and the future of humanity / Fred Spier.
- Author
- Spier, Fred, 1952-
- Publication
- Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA, USA : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.
- Supplementary Content
- Cover image
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Details
- Description
- xxi, 336 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "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"--
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-1916
- ISBN
- 9781118881729
- 1118881729
- LCCN
- 2014045124
- OCLC
- 893895522
- Author
- Spier, Fred, 1952- author.
- Title
- Big history and the future of humanity / Fred Spier.
- Publisher
- Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA, USA : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.
- Edition
- Second edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Other Form:
- Online version: Spier, Fred, 1952- Big history and the future of humanity Second edition. Chichester, West Sussex, UK : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2015 9781118881705 (DLC) 2014045961
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-1916