The Resource Origin Story : a big history of everything/, David Christian, (electronic resource)
Origin Story : a big history of everything/, David Christian, (electronic resource)
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The item Origin Story : a big history of everything/, David Christian, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
Resource Information
The item Origin Story : a big history of everything/, David Christian, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
- "Most historians study the smallest slivers of time, emphasizing specific dates, individuals, and documents. But what would it look like to study the whole of history, from the big bang through the present day--and even into the remote future? How would looking at the full span of time change the way we perceive the universe, the earth, and our very existence? These were the questions David Christian set out to answer when he created the field of "Big History," the most exciting new approach to understanding where we have been, where we are, and where we are going. In Origin Story, Christian takes readers on a wild ride through the entire 13.8 billion years we've come to know as "history." By focusing on defining events (thresholds), major trends, and profound questions about our origins, Christian exposes the hidden threads that tie everything together--from the creation of the planet to the advent of agriculture, nuclear war, and beyond. With stunning insights into the origin of the universe, the beginning of life, the emergence of humans, and what the future might bring, Origin Story boldly reframes our place in the cosmos."--Taken from Hardcover
- Language
- eng
- Extent
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- 1 online resource
- 368 p.
- Note
- Electronic book
- Contents
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- Part III: Us.
- Humans: Threshold 6
- Farming: Threshold 7
- Agrarian civilization
- On the verge of today's world
- The Anthropocene: Threshold 8
- Part IV:
- The future. Where is it all going?
- Part I:
- Cosmos. In the beginning: Threshold 1
- Stars and galaxies: Thresholds 2 and 3
- Molecules and moons: Threshold 4
- Part II:
- Biosphere. Life: Threshold 5
- Little life and the biosphere
- Big life and the biosphere
- Isbn
- 9780316412476
- Label
- Origin Story : a big history of everything/
- Title
- Origin Story
- Title remainder
- a big history of everything/
- Statement of responsibility
- David Christian
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Most historians study the smallest slivers of time, emphasizing specific dates, individuals, and documents. But what would it look like to study the whole of history, from the big bang through the present day--and even into the remote future? How would looking at the full span of time change the way we perceive the universe, the earth, and our very existence? These were the questions David Christian set out to answer when he created the field of "Big History," the most exciting new approach to understanding where we have been, where we are, and where we are going. In Origin Story, Christian takes readers on a wild ride through the entire 13.8 billion years we've come to know as "history." By focusing on defining events (thresholds), major trends, and profound questions about our origins, Christian exposes the hidden threads that tie everything together--from the creation of the planet to the advent of agriculture, nuclear war, and beyond. With stunning insights into the origin of the universe, the beginning of life, the emergence of humans, and what the future might bring, Origin Story boldly reframes our place in the cosmos."--Taken from Hardcover
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- Christian, David
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- Civilization
- Cosmology
- World history
- Human evolution
- Biocomplexity
- Label
- Origin Story : a big history of everything/, David Christian, (electronic resource)
- Link
- Note
- Electronic book
- Contents
-
- Part III: Us.
- Humans: Threshold 6
- Farming: Threshold 7
- Agrarian civilization
- On the verge of today's world
- The Anthropocene: Threshold 8
- Part IV:
- The future. Where is it all going?
- Part I:
- Cosmos. In the beginning: Threshold 1
- Stars and galaxies: Thresholds 2 and 3
- Molecules and moons: Threshold 4
- Part II:
- Biosphere. Life: Threshold 5
- Little life and the biosphere
- Big life and the biosphere
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
-
- 1 online resource
- 368 p.
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780316412476
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- qhv8bg9
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (MnSpTMCL)qhv8bg9
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- Format: Adobe EPUB3
- Requires: cloudLibrary (file size: 1.9 MB)
- Label
- Origin Story : a big history of everything/, David Christian, (electronic resource)
- Link
- Note
- Electronic book
- Contents
-
- Part III: Us.
- Humans: Threshold 6
- Farming: Threshold 7
- Agrarian civilization
- On the verge of today's world
- The Anthropocene: Threshold 8
- Part IV:
- The future. Where is it all going?
- Part I:
- Cosmos. In the beginning: Threshold 1
- Stars and galaxies: Thresholds 2 and 3
- Molecules and moons: Threshold 4
- Part II:
- Biosphere. Life: Threshold 5
- Little life and the biosphere
- Big life and the biosphere
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
-
- 1 online resource
- 368 p.
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780316412476
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- qhv8bg9
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (MnSpTMCL)qhv8bg9
- System details
-
- Format: Adobe EPUB3
- Requires: cloudLibrary (file size: 1.9 MB)
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