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Big history : the Big Bang, life on earth, and the rise of humanity, taught by David Christian
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- Summary
- Lectures by Dr. David Christian, Professor of History at San Diego State University. Surveys the past at all possible scales, from conventional history, to the much larger scales of biology and geology, to the universal scales of cosmology
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 8 videodiscs (approximately 24 hrs.)
- Note
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- "Course no. 8050."
- Lectures 1-48 of 48 lectures on 8 discs in 4 containers
- Contents
-
- Pt. 1. lecture 1. What is big history? -- lecture 2. Moving across multiple scales -- lecture 3. Simplicity and complexity -- lecture 4. Evidence and the nature of science -- lecture 5. Threshold 1--Origins of Big Bang cosmology -- lecture 6. How did everything begin? -- lecture 7. Threshold 2--The first stars and galaxies -- lecture 8. Threshold 3--Making chemical elements -- lecture 9. Threshold 4--The earth and solar system -- lecture 10. The early earth--a short history -- lecture 11. Plate tectonics and the earth's geography -- lecture 12. Threshold 5--Life
- Pt. 2. lecture 13. Darwin and natural selection -- lecture 14. The evidence for natural selection -- lecture 15. The origins of life -- lecture 16. Life on earth--Single-celled organisms -- lecture 17. Life on earth--Multi-celled organisms -- lecture 18. Hominines -- lecture 19. Evidence on hominine evolution -- lecture 20. Threshold 6--What makes humans different? -- lecture 21. Homo sapiens--The first humans -- lecture 22. Paleolithic lifeways -- lecture 23. Change in the Paleolithic Era -- lecture 24. Threshold 7--Agriculture
- Pt. 3. lecture 25. The origins of agriculture -- lecture 26. The first agrarian societies -- lecture 27. Power and its origins -- lecture 28. Early power structures -- lecture 29. From villages to cities -- lecture 30. Sumer--The first agrarian civilization -- lecture 31. Agrarian civilizations in other regions -- lecture 32. The world that agrarian civilizations made -- lecture 33. Long trends--Expansion and state power -- lecture. 34. Long trends--Rates of innovation -- lecture 35. Long trends--Disease and Malthusian cycles -- lecture 36. Comparing the world zones
- Pt. 4. lecture 37. The Americas in the later Agrarian Era -- lecture 38. Threshold 8--The modern revolution -- lecture 39. The Medieval Malthusian Cycle, 500-1350 -- lecture 40. The Early Modern Cycle, 1350-1700 -- lecture 41. Breakthrough--the Industrial Revolution -- lecture 42. Spread of the Industrial Revolution to 1900 -- lecture 43. The 20th century -- lecture 44. The world that the modern revolution made -- lecture 45. Human history and the biosphere -- lecture 46. The next 100 years -- lecture 47. The next millennium and the remote future -- lecture 48. Big history--humans in the cosmos
- Isbn
- 9781598034103
- Label
- Big history : the Big Bang, life on earth, and the rise of humanity
- Title
- Big history
- Title remainder
- the Big Bang, life on earth, and the rise of humanity
- Statement of responsibility
- taught by David Christian
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Lectures by Dr. David Christian, Professor of History at San Diego State University. Surveys the past at all possible scales, from conventional history, to the much larger scales of biology and geology, to the universal scales of cosmology
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- KHN
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- videorecording
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- 1946-
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- Christian, David
- Dewey number
- 909
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- Lecturer: David Christian, San Diego State University
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- Civilization
- Human evolution
- World history
- Technique
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- Label
- Big history : the Big Bang, life on earth, and the rise of humanity, taught by David Christian
- Note
-
- "Course no. 8050."
- Lectures 1-48 of 48 lectures on 8 discs in 4 containers
- Accompanying material
- 4 course guidebooks (288 pages ; 20 cm.)
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- videodisc
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- Contents
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- Pt. 1. lecture 1. What is big history? -- lecture 2. Moving across multiple scales -- lecture 3. Simplicity and complexity -- lecture 4. Evidence and the nature of science -- lecture 5. Threshold 1--Origins of Big Bang cosmology -- lecture 6. How did everything begin? -- lecture 7. Threshold 2--The first stars and galaxies -- lecture 8. Threshold 3--Making chemical elements -- lecture 9. Threshold 4--The earth and solar system -- lecture 10. The early earth--a short history -- lecture 11. Plate tectonics and the earth's geography -- lecture 12. Threshold 5--Life
- Pt. 2. lecture 13. Darwin and natural selection -- lecture 14. The evidence for natural selection -- lecture 15. The origins of life -- lecture 16. Life on earth--Single-celled organisms -- lecture 17. Life on earth--Multi-celled organisms -- lecture 18. Hominines -- lecture 19. Evidence on hominine evolution -- lecture 20. Threshold 6--What makes humans different? -- lecture 21. Homo sapiens--The first humans -- lecture 22. Paleolithic lifeways -- lecture 23. Change in the Paleolithic Era -- lecture 24. Threshold 7--Agriculture
- Pt. 3. lecture 25. The origins of agriculture -- lecture 26. The first agrarian societies -- lecture 27. Power and its origins -- lecture 28. Early power structures -- lecture 29. From villages to cities -- lecture 30. Sumer--The first agrarian civilization -- lecture 31. Agrarian civilizations in other regions -- lecture 32. The world that agrarian civilizations made -- lecture 33. Long trends--Expansion and state power -- lecture. 34. Long trends--Rates of innovation -- lecture 35. Long trends--Disease and Malthusian cycles -- lecture 36. Comparing the world zones
- Pt. 4. lecture 37. The Americas in the later Agrarian Era -- lecture 38. Threshold 8--The modern revolution -- lecture 39. The Medieval Malthusian Cycle, 500-1350 -- lecture 40. The Early Modern Cycle, 1350-1700 -- lecture 41. Breakthrough--the Industrial Revolution -- lecture 42. Spread of the Industrial Revolution to 1900 -- lecture 43. The 20th century -- lecture 44. The world that the modern revolution made -- lecture 45. Human history and the biosphere -- lecture 46. The next 100 years -- lecture 47. The next millennium and the remote future -- lecture 48. Big history--humans in the cosmos
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- 8 videodiscs (approximately 24 hrs.)
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- Big history : the Big Bang, life on earth, and the rise of humanity, taught by David Christian
- Note
-
- "Course no. 8050."
- Lectures 1-48 of 48 lectures on 8 discs in 4 containers
- Accompanying material
- 4 course guidebooks (288 pages ; 20 cm.)
- Carrier category
- videodisc
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- Pt. 1. lecture 1. What is big history? -- lecture 2. Moving across multiple scales -- lecture 3. Simplicity and complexity -- lecture 4. Evidence and the nature of science -- lecture 5. Threshold 1--Origins of Big Bang cosmology -- lecture 6. How did everything begin? -- lecture 7. Threshold 2--The first stars and galaxies -- lecture 8. Threshold 3--Making chemical elements -- lecture 9. Threshold 4--The earth and solar system -- lecture 10. The early earth--a short history -- lecture 11. Plate tectonics and the earth's geography -- lecture 12. Threshold 5--Life
- Pt. 2. lecture 13. Darwin and natural selection -- lecture 14. The evidence for natural selection -- lecture 15. The origins of life -- lecture 16. Life on earth--Single-celled organisms -- lecture 17. Life on earth--Multi-celled organisms -- lecture 18. Hominines -- lecture 19. Evidence on hominine evolution -- lecture 20. Threshold 6--What makes humans different? -- lecture 21. Homo sapiens--The first humans -- lecture 22. Paleolithic lifeways -- lecture 23. Change in the Paleolithic Era -- lecture 24. Threshold 7--Agriculture
- Pt. 3. lecture 25. The origins of agriculture -- lecture 26. The first agrarian societies -- lecture 27. Power and its origins -- lecture 28. Early power structures -- lecture 29. From villages to cities -- lecture 30. Sumer--The first agrarian civilization -- lecture 31. Agrarian civilizations in other regions -- lecture 32. The world that agrarian civilizations made -- lecture 33. Long trends--Expansion and state power -- lecture. 34. Long trends--Rates of innovation -- lecture 35. Long trends--Disease and Malthusian cycles -- lecture 36. Comparing the world zones
- Pt. 4. lecture 37. The Americas in the later Agrarian Era -- lecture 38. Threshold 8--The modern revolution -- lecture 39. The Medieval Malthusian Cycle, 500-1350 -- lecture 40. The Early Modern Cycle, 1350-1700 -- lecture 41. Breakthrough--the Industrial Revolution -- lecture 42. Spread of the Industrial Revolution to 1900 -- lecture 43. The 20th century -- lecture 44. The world that the modern revolution made -- lecture 45. Human history and the biosphere -- lecture 46. The next 100 years -- lecture 47. The next millennium and the remote future -- lecture 48. Big history--humans in the cosmos
- Control code
- 1370003
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. +
- Dimensions
- other
- Extent
- 8 videodiscs (approximately 24 hrs.)
- Isbn
- 9781598034103
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- video
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- Other physical details
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- PD8050-02
- PD8050-03
- PD8050-04
- Sound on medium or separate
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- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) 1370003
- (OCoLC)219727619
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