The little book of big history: the story of life, the universe and everything.

By:

Crofton, Ian

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London: CPI, c2016.Description: 272 pagesISBN:

9781782436850

Uniform titles:

The little book of big history

Subject(s):

History

Summary: If you really want to understand the story of humanity and how we fit into the universe, you have to go right back to the Big Bang. Then you need to understand how stars and planets formed and how our own planet manages to sustain life. After that, it's a matter of getting to grips with how evolution works getting grips with how evolution works and how modern humans are descended from ape-like ancestors. This is the approach of big history, which like Bill Gates. international Big History Project, draws not only on historical records but also on a range of disciplines, from cosmology and biology, to archaelogy and anthropology.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	GESM Library Main Library	English Non-Fiction Adolescent-Adult	ENA 909 CRO	Available		E0007524

If you really want to understand the story of humanity and how we fit into the universe, you have to go right back to the Big Bang. Then you need to understand how stars and planets formed and how our own planet manages to sustain life. After that, it's a matter of getting to grips with how evolution works getting grips with how evolution works and how modern humans are descended from ape-like ancestors. This is the approach of big history, which like Bill Gates. international Big History Project, draws not only on historical records but also on a range of disciplines, from cosmology and biology, to archaelogy and anthropology.

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