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Origin Story: A Big History of Everything

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內容簡介 【比爾蓋茲推薦書單：歷年推薦】從時間的開始，到遙遠的未來，大衛‧克里斯蒂安將歷史和科學交織成這本給眾人的宇宙史。 大多數的歷史學家研究的方法，是將歷史中的某一部分拆解出來分析，把注意力放在特定的區間、人、文獻，但如果我們將歷史當作一個整體來研究，從宇宙的開始到現在，再到遙遠的未來，歷史看起來會是如何？ 大衛‧克里斯蒂安是澳洲麥考瑞大學的歷史學教授，他將眾多不同學科融入到歷史中，組織成一個單一且清晰好懂的歷史敘事方式，他稱之為「大歷史」，這樣的方式受到比爾‧蓋茲的注意，合作發展「大歷史計畫」。 在這本書中，克里斯蒂安帶著讀者穿過我們稱作歷史的這一百三十億年間，把注意力放在重要的事件、現代趨勢和關於物種起源的重要問題，揭開隱藏的線索，將宇宙的一切串聯在一起，成為一個整體的歷史看起更一貫、更清楚。 I have long been a fan of David Christian. In Origin Story, he elegantly weaves evidence and insights from many scientific and historical disciplines into a single, accessible historical narrative' - Bill GatesThis is the epic story of the universe and our place in it, from 13.8 billion years ago to the remote future How did we get from the Big Bang to today's staggering complexity, in which seven billion humans are connected into networks powerful enough to transform the planet? And why, in comparison, are our closest primate relatives reduced to near-extinction? Big History creator David Christian gives the answers in a mind-expanding cosmological detective story told on the grandest possible scale. He traces how, during eight key thresholds, the right conditions have allowed new forms of complexity to arise, from stars to galaxies, Earth to homo sapiens, agriculture to fossil fuels. This last mega-innovation gave us an energy bonanza that brought huge benefits to mankind, yet also threatens to shake apart everything we have created.This global origin story is one that we could only begin to tell recently, thanks to the underlying unity of modern knowledge. Panoramic in scope and thrillingly told, Origin Story reveals what we learn about human existence when we consider it from a universal scale."

作者介紹

作者介紹 David ChristianDavid Christian is a Distinguished Professor of History at Macquarie University and director of Macquarie University's Big History Institute. He cofounded the Big History Project with Bill Gates, his Coursera MOOCs are popular around the world, and he is cocreator of the Macquarie University Big History School. He has delivered keynotes at conferences around the world, including the Davos World Economic Forum, and his TED Talk has been viewed more than seven million times. He is the author of numerous books and articles.

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