{"product_id":"9781118881729","title":"Big History and the Future of Humanity","description":"\u003ch1\u003eBig History and the Future of Humanity\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFred Spier\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Historiography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ebig history and the future of humanity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This remains the best single attempt to theorize big history as a discipline that can link core concepts and paradigms across all historical disciplines, from cosmology to geology, from biology to human history. With additional and updated material, the Second Edition also offers a fine introduction to the history of big history and a superb introductory survey to the big history story. Essential reading for anyone interested in a rapidly evolving new field of scholarship that links the sciences and the humanities into a modern, science-based origin story.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eDavid Christian,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eMacquarie University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Notable for its theoretic approach, this new Second Edition is both an indispensable contribution to the emerging big history narrative and a powerful university textbook. Spier defines words carefully and recognizes the limits of current knowledge, aspects of his own clear thinking.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eCynthia Brown,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eEmerita, Dominican University of California\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReflecting the latest theories in the sciences and humanities, this new edition of \u003ci\u003eBig History and the Future of Humanity\u003c\/i\u003e presents an accessible and original overview of the entire sweep of history from the origins of the universe and life on Earth up to the present day. Placing the relatively brief period of human history within a much broader framework – one that considers everything from vast galaxy clusters to the tiniest sub-atomic particles – big history is an innovative theoretical approach that opens up entirely new multidisciplinary research agendas. Noted historian Fred Spier reveals how a thorough examination of patterns of complexity can offer richer insights into what the future may have in store for humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe second edition includes new learning features, such as highlighted scientific concepts, an illustrative timeline and comprehensive glossary. By exploring the cumulative history from the Big Bang to the modern day, \u003ci\u003eBig History and the Future of Humanity, Second Edition,\u003c\/i\u003e sheds important historical light on where we have been – and offers a tantalizing glimpse of what lies ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFred Spier\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in Big History at the University of Amsterdam. He also teaches Big History at the Eindhoven University of Technology and Amsterdam University College. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Structure of Big History: From the Big Bang until Today\u003c\/i\u003e (1996) and a founding member and President of the International Big History Association.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13 May 2015\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781118881729\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e368\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19.2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44312932515980,"sku":"9781118881729","price":34.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781118881729.jpg?v=1780159107","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781118881729","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}