Big History And The Future Of Humanity Av Fred (University Of Amsterdam The Netherlands) Spier

<p><b>big history and the future of humanity</b></p><p>"This remains the best single attempt to theorize big history as a discipline that can link core concepts and paradigms across all historical disciplines, from cosmology to geology, from biology to human history. With additional and updated material, the Second Edition also offers a fine introduction to the history of big history and a superb introductory survey to the big history story. Essential reading for anyone interested in a rapidly evolving new field of scholarship that links the sciences and the humanities into a modern, science-based origin story."<br/>¿<b>David Christian,</b><i>Macquarie University</i></p><p>"Notable for its theoretic approach, this new Second Edition is both an indispensable contribution to the emerging big history narrative and a powerful university textbook. Spier defines words carefully and recognizes the limits of current knowledge, aspects of his own clear thinking."<br/>¿<b>Cynthia Brown,</b><i>