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Big history and the future of humanity / Fred Spier.

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.

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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

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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.

ISBN

9781118881729
1118881729

LCCN

^^2014045124

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Harvard Library