Maps of Time  -  David Christian

An Introduction to Big History (California World History Library)

KORTE INHOUD

An introduction to a new way of looking at history, from a perspective that stretches from the beginning of time to the present day, Maps of Time is world history on an unprecedented scale. Beginning with the Big Bang, David Christian views the interaction of the natural world with the more recent arrivals in flora and fauna, including human beings.

Cosmology, geology, archeology, and population and environmental studies—all figure in David Christian's account, which is an ambitious overview of the emerging ...
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2005 Uitgever: University Of California Press 664 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0520244761 ISBN-13: 9780520244764