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100	1		_aCrofton, Ian
240	0	0	_aThe little book of big history
245	0	0	_aThe little book of big history: _bthe story of life, the universe and everything.
260			_aLondon: _bCPI, _cc2016.
300			_a272 pages.
520			_aIf 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.
653			_aHistory
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