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Big history and the future of humanity /

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Main Author: Spier, Fred, 1952- (Author)
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA, USA : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Civilization > Philosophy.
History > Philosophy.
World history > Philosophy.
Human evolution.
Human ecology.
Biocomplexity.
Complexity (Philosophy)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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.