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David Christian, creator of Big History ('My favourite course of all time' Bill Gates), brings us the epic story of the universe and our place in it, from 13.8 billion years ago to the remote future
'Nails home the point: Life is amiracle ... A compelling history of everything' Washington Post 'Spectacular' Carlo Rovelli
Howdid we get from the Big Bang to today's staggering complexity, in whichseven billion humans are connected into networks powerful enough totransform the planet? And why, in comparison, are our closest primaterelatives reduced to near-extinction?
Big History creator DavidChristian gives the answers in a mind-expanding cosmological detectivestory told on the grandest possible scale. He traces how, during eightkey thresholds, the right conditions have allowed new forms ofcomplexity to arise, from stars to galaxies, Earth to homo sapiens,agriculture to fossil fuels. This last mega-innovation gave us an energybonanza that brought huge benefits to mankind, yet also threatens toshake 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 of The Element
Reviews
A remarkable book that puts us self-important humans in our proper place in the cosmos, yet also explains why the story of human culture and knowledge - what Christian calls collective learning - matters for understanding our present world and shaping its future