Origin Story: A Big History of Everything
Autor David Christianen Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 iul 2019
'Nails home the point: Life is a miracle ... A compelling history of everything'Washington Post
'Spectacular' Carlo Rovelli
How did we get from the Big Bang to today's staggering complexity, in which seven billion humans are connected into networks powerful enough to transform the planet? And why, in comparison, are our closest primate relatives reduced to near-extinction?
Big History creator David Christian gives the answers in a mind-expanding cosmological detective story told on the grandest possible scale. He traces how, during eight key thresholds, the right conditions have allowed new forms of complexity to arise, from stars to galaxies, Earth to homo sapiens, agriculture to fossil fuels. This last mega-innovation gave us an energy bonanza that brought huge benefits to mankind, yet also threatens to shake apart everything we have created.
'Rather like the Big Bang, the book is awe-inspiring ... Superb'The Times
'With fascinating ideas on every page and the page-turning energy of a good thriller, this is a landmark work' Sir Ken Robinson, author ofThe Element
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780141983028
ISBN-10: 0141983027
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0141983027
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Notă biografică
David
Christianis
a
distinguished
professor
in
history
at
Macquarie
University
in
Australia
and
the
co-founder,
with
Bill
Gates,
of
The
Big
History
Project,
which
has
built
a
free
online
syllabus
on
the
history
of
the
universe
and
is
taught
in
schools
all
over
the
world.
He
is
also
co-creator
of
Macquarie
University
Big
History
School,
which
provides
online
courses
in
big
history
for
primary
and
high
school
students.
He
received
his
Ph.D.
from
the
University
of
Oxford.
He
has
delivered
keynotes
at
conferences
around
the
world
including
at
the
Davos
World
Economic
Forum,
and
his
TED
Talk
on
the
history
of
the
Universe
has
been
viewed
over
7
million
times.
Recenzii
If
you
read
one
book
this
year,
make
it
this
one
A journey through billions of years that nails home the point: Life is a miracle ... [A]remarkably cogent and compelling history of everything
Rather like the Big Bang, the book isawe-inspiring. The processes it describes are all familiar, but I'd never seen them explained with such clarity and verve ...Superb
[Origin Storyis]long-haul science with wit and oomph
Christian tells this story very well, providing, in effect, a short course in modern science. This isa brief history of the universe, and an excellent one
I have long been a fan of David Christian. InOrigin Story, heelegantly weaves evidence and insightsfrom many scientific and historical disciplinesinto a single, accessible historical narrative
InOrigin Story, David Christian has found aspectacularway to use history to put order in the entire set of our knowledge about the world. This isa wonderful achievement
Origin Storyis amajesticdistillation of our current understanding of the birth of the universe, of the solar system, of the oceans, of mountains and minerals, of all life on earth and of the driving dynamics of human culture and achievement. All of this in just over 300 pages ofcaptivating prosethat weaves together innumerable insights from the sciences, arts and humanities. With fascinating ideas on every page andthe page turning energy of a good thriller, this is a landmark workthat comes at a time when it has never been more important for humanity to have a clearer, more informed understanding of our place on earth and of the earth's place in the cosmos.A spellbinding synthesis
Aremarkablebook that puts us self-important humans in our proper place in the cosmos, yet alsoexplains why the story of human culture and knowledge- what Christian calls collective learning -matters for understanding our present world and shaping its future
A journey through billions of years that nails home the point: Life is a miracle ... [A]remarkably cogent and compelling history of everything
Rather like the Big Bang, the book isawe-inspiring. The processes it describes are all familiar, but I'd never seen them explained with such clarity and verve ...Superb
[Origin Storyis]long-haul science with wit and oomph
Christian tells this story very well, providing, in effect, a short course in modern science. This isa brief history of the universe, and an excellent one
I have long been a fan of David Christian. InOrigin Story, heelegantly weaves evidence and insightsfrom many scientific and historical disciplinesinto a single, accessible historical narrative
InOrigin Story, David Christian has found aspectacularway to use history to put order in the entire set of our knowledge about the world. This isa wonderful achievement
Origin Storyis amajesticdistillation of our current understanding of the birth of the universe, of the solar system, of the oceans, of mountains and minerals, of all life on earth and of the driving dynamics of human culture and achievement. All of this in just over 300 pages ofcaptivating prosethat weaves together innumerable insights from the sciences, arts and humanities. With fascinating ideas on every page andthe page turning energy of a good thriller, this is a landmark workthat comes at a time when it has never been more important for humanity to have a clearer, more informed understanding of our place on earth and of the earth's place in the cosmos.A spellbinding synthesis
Aremarkablebook that puts us self-important humans in our proper place in the cosmos, yet alsoexplains why the story of human culture and knowledge- what Christian calls collective learning -matters for understanding our present world and shaping its future