Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History, With a New Preface
David Christian
An introduction to a new way of looking at history, from a perspective that stretches from the beginning of time to the present day, Maps of Time is world history on an unprecedented scale. Beginning with the Big Bang, David Christian views the interaction of the natural world with the more recent arrivals in flora and fauna, including human beings. Cosmology, geology, archeology, and population and environmental studies--all figure in David Christian's account, which is an ambitious overview of the emerging field of "Big History." Maps of Time opens with the origins of the universe, the stars. Read more...
种类:
年:
2011
出版:
New preface
出版社:
University of California Press
语言:
english
页:
671
ISBN 10:
0520244761
ISBN 13:
9780520244764
系列:
California World History Library 2
文件:
PDF, 142.77 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2011