TY  - BOOK
AU  - Spier,Fred
TI  - Big history and the future of humanity
SN  - 9781118881729 (paperback)
AV  - CB 19 S755b 2015
U1  - 909 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Chichester, West Sussex, UK
PB  - Wiley/Blackwell
KW  - Civilization
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Civilización
KW  - Filosofía
KW  - History
KW  - Historia
KW  - World history
KW  - Human evolution
KW  - Evolución humana
KW  - Human ecology
KW  - Ecología humana
KW  - Biocomplexity
KW  - Biocomplejidad
KW  - Complexity (Philosophy)
KW  - Complejidad (Filosofía)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - "Provides an accessible and original overview of the entire sweep of history that places human history within the context of the history of life, the Earth, and the universe"--
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