Big History and the Future of Humanity presents an original theoretical approach that makes "big history" - the placing of the human past within the history of life, the Earth, and the Universe -- accessible to general readers while revealing insights into what the future may hold for humanity.
* Provides an accessible and original overview of the entire sweep of history that places human history within the history of life, the Earth, and the Universe
* Features an original theory of "big history" which explains all of history and opens up an entirely new interdisciplinary research agenda
* Offers new insights into the future of humanity by better understanding the past
* Presents a new approach to complexity studies, which takes into account the greatest galaxy clusters as well as the tiniest sub-atomic particles
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9781444339437
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-1-4443-3943-7
- Verlag: WILEY
- Erscheinungstermin: 31.01.2011
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 1. Auflage 2011
- Produktform: Kartoniert
- Gewicht: 370 g
- Seiten: 288
- Format (B x H x T): 153 x 228 x 15 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
- Nachauflage: 978-1-118-88172-9
