Об этом курсе: We currently face unprecedented challenges on a global scale. These problems do not neatly fall into disciplines. They are complicated, complex, and connected. Join us on this epic journey of 13.8 billion years starting at the Big Bang and travelling through time all the way to the future. Discover the connections in our world, the power of collective learning, how our universe and our world has evolved from incredible simplicity to ever-increasing complexity. Experience our modern scientific origin story through Big History and discover the important links between past, current, and future events. You will find two different types of lectures. ‘Zooming In’ lectures from multiple specialists enable you to understand key concepts through the lens of different disciplines, whilst David Christian's ‘Big History Framework’ lectures provide the connective overview for a journey through eight thresholds of Big History.

Для кого этот курс: Anybody interested in the history of the Universe.

Автор: Университет Маккуори

Преподаватели: David Christian, Professor
Big History Institute
Преподаватели: David Baker, Associate Lecturer
Big History Institute

Выполнение	6 weeks of study, 2-4 hours/week
Язык	English, Субтитры: Romanian
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Программа курса

НЕДЕЛЯ 1

Big History, Critical Thinking, & Transdisciplinarity

Welcome to Big History! This is where we use the power of a transdisciplinary perspective to explore broad trends in the grand narrative of 13.8 billion years. In this module you'll learn how Big History works, explore critical-thinking, how we know what we know, and learn about the first "3 Thresholds of Increasing Complexity", milestones around which Big History is organized, starting at the beginning of the Universe, space, time, and everything in existence.

5 видео, 15 материалов для самостоятельного изучения

Видео: BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Christian - What is Big History?
Reading: Resources
Reading: Glossary
Reading: How This Course Works
Reading: The Big History Forums
Reading: International Undergraduate Scholarship Opportunity
Reading: The Big History Bonus Points Scheme
Видео: ZOOMING IN: Richard Menary - What is the relationship between historical & scientific explanation?
Reading: Resources
Reading: Timeline
Reading: Glossary
Видео: ZOOMING IN: Jenny Duke-Yonge - How do we decide what to believe?
Reading: Resources
Reading: Glossary
Видео: BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Christian - How did our Universe get more complex?
Reading: Resources
Reading: Timeline
Reading: Glossary
Видео: BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Baker - Big History, Critical Thinking, & Transdisciplinarity
Reading: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD: David Baker - Starting Out

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НЕДЕЛЯ 2

The Universe, Stars, and Planets

Our journey across space and time has begun. In this module, in a timeline that covers billions of years, we'll explore the origins of the universe, new stars & elements, and the solar system. You'll have the opportunity to examine cosmology, astronomy, physics, chemistry, and geology.

9 видео, 22 материалов для самостоятельного изучения

Видео: Mind-Expanding, not Head-Exploding
Видео: ZOOMING IN: Quentin Parker - What is the observable evidence for the Big Bang?
Reading: Resources
Reading: Timeline
Reading: Glossary
Видео: ZOOMING IN: Quentin Parker - How do we know how stars form?
Reading: Resources
Reading: Timeline
Reading: Glossary
Видео: ZOOMING IN: Ian Jamie - Where did the elements come from?
Reading: Resources
Reading: Timeline
Reading: Glossary
Видео: ZOOMING IN: Ian Jamie - What is the periodic table?
Reading: Resources
Reading: Timeline
Reading: Glossary
Видео: BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Christian - Why is Threshold 4 significant?
Reading: Resources
Reading: Timeline
Reading: Glossary
Видео: ZOOMING IN: Craig O'Neill - How did the solar system form?
Reading: Resources
Reading: Timeline
Reading: Glossary
Видео: ZOOMING IN: Dick Flood - What is our Earth's history and how do we know it?
Reading: Resources
Reading: Timeline
Reading: Glossary
Видео: BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Baker - The Universe, Stars, & Planets
Reading: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD: David Baker - From the Inanimate Universe to Life

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НЕДЕЛЯ 3

The Evolutionary Epic

Travel through the evolutionary epic from the origin of life c.3.8 billion years ago, the evolution of complex forms after c.550 million years ago, to the evolution of some very odd primates - humans. Zoom in and explore evolutionary biology, geology, palaeontology, and anthropology.

8 видео, 21 материалов для самостоятельного изучения

Видео: BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Christian - Why is Threshold 5 important?
Reading: Resources
Reading: Timeline
Reading: Glossary
Видео: ZOOMING IN: Michael Gillings - Where did life come from?
Reading: Resources
Reading: Timeline
Reading: Glossary
Видео: ZOOMING IN: Simon George - How do we get dates for Earth's history?
Reading: Resources
Reading: Glossary
Видео: ZOOMING IN: Michael Gillings - How does evolution work?
Reading: Resources
Reading: Timeline
Reading: Glossary
Видео: ZOOMING IN: Glenn Brock - How do palaeontologists study the history of life?
Reading: Resources
Reading: Timeline
Reading: Glossary
Видео: BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Christian - Why is Threshold 6 important?
Reading: Resources
Reading: Timeline
Reading: Glossary
Видео: ZOOMING IN: Greg Downey - Why did our ancestors evolve such unusual abilities?
Reading: Resources
Reading: Timeline
Reading: Glossary
Видео: BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Baker - The Evolutionary Epic
Reading: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD: David Baker - The "Two Cultures" Meet

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НЕДЕЛЯ 4

Human History

After billions of years of cosmic evolution, our own rather peculiar species has emerged to cultivate even greater heights of increasing complexity. In this module, we will explore the long trend of human development from the origin of our species c.200,000 years ago to the eve of the Industrial Revolution. You will explore archaeology, paleography, and ancient, medieval, and early modern history.

7 видео, 15 материалов для самостоятельного изучения

Видео: ZOOMING IN: Yann Tristant - How did people live in the Palaeolithic?
Reading: Resources
Reading: Timeline
Reading: Glossary
Видео: BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Christian - Why is Threshold 7 important?
Reading: Resources
Reading: Timeline
Reading: Glossary
Видео: ZOOMING IN: Susanne Binder - Where did writing come from?
Видео: CASE STUDY: Susanne Binder - Reading Hieroglyphs
Reading: Resources
Reading: Timeline
Reading: Glossary
Видео: ZOOMING IN: Peter Edwell - What were the Silk Roads?
Reading: Resources
Reading: Timeline
Reading: Glossary
Видео: BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Christian - What were the main changes in agrarian civilizations?
Reading: Resources
Reading: Glossary
Видео: BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Baker - Human History
Reading: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD: David Baker - Collective Learning's "Snowball Effect"

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НЕДЕЛЯ 5

Modernity

We have now arrived at one of the most dynamically changing periods ever seen in human history - our own times. This module will explore how the agrarian era that had lasted for 10,000 years transitioned to the modern era with its explosion of production and complexity. We will explore modern history, political science, and economics.

6 видео, 16 материалов для самостоятельного изучения

Видео: ZOOMING IN: Kate Fullagar - What was the Industrial Revolution?
Reading: Resources
Reading: Timeline
Reading: Glossary
Видео: ZOOMING IN: Mark Hearn - How did Modernity evolve after the Industrial Revolution?
Reading: Resources
Reading: Timeline
Reading: Glossary
Видео: ZOOMING IN: Stephanie Lawson - How far can globalization go?
Reading: Resources
Reading: Timeline
Reading: Glossary
Видео: ZOOMING IN: Wylie Bradford - Why is the world economy so integrated?
Reading: Resources
Reading: Timeline
Reading: Glossary
Видео: BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Christian - Why is Threshold 8 important?
Reading: Resources
Reading: Timeline
Reading: Glossary
Видео: BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Baker - Modernity
Reading: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD: David Baker - Onward to Threshold 9

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НЕДЕЛЯ 6

The Future

We've looked far into the deep past, now is the time to take what we've learned and look ahead. In this module we will explore the near and distant future, what challenges we face this century, how we study the future on the scale of billions of years, and where complexity may go from here. The section incorporates climatology, cosmology, physics, and foresight.

4 видео, 9 материалов для самостоятельного изучения

Видео: BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Christian - What might Threshold 9 be?
Reading: Resources
Reading: Glossary
Видео: ZOOMING IN: Lesley Hughes - How is our climate changing and what does this mean for our future?
Reading: Resources
Reading: Timeline
Reading: Glossary
Видео: ZOOMING IN: Quentin Parker - Why is the future of the Universe easier to study than the future of humanity?
Reading: Resources
Reading: Timeline
Reading: Glossary
Видео: BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Christian - What have we learned from the Big History story?
Reading: Course Contributors

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Оцениваемый: Final Assignment

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Оценка 4.7 из 5 по 736 отзывам

I found that this course open my eyes and mind to our very existence in this world. Starting from the beginning of time the Big Bang. Awesome course. Will recommend this course. Thank You.

It's been one of the best periods of my studying life taking this Big History course. I have learned so much and it has made me even hungrier to acquire further knowledge in this new field. I plan on doing the course again (unofficially) but this time I would like to be able to really go through all the Amazing resources that the course provides. I have already purchased a few books and plan to purchase more. Now I need to read them. I have discovered some wonderful lecturers, specialists in their fields and would like to thank each and every one of them for all their dedication and hard work. Everybody in the world should be invited to do this course. We should not be allowed to live on this planet without knowing what Big History teaches us. It is so important to understand where we come from, how fragile we all are and the challenges we face if we cannot start repecting our home, because we are talking about our home

I loved the course, I agree upon the age history of the Universe and physical Earth, but do not buy human evolution from other primates for a minute. I have studied this problem for too long and the linkage is weak. Bypassing recorded written human history, calling fossil history more important is a very big error for any Historian. The historical Evidence really shows that some Being or Beings intervened in mankind within the last 10,000 years, with the introduction of Language, probably with the introduction of mankind himself by these beings we refer to as God. This history is left out of the Big History course, not even mentioned as a possibility. For that decisively selective direction of this history teaching I must give the course only 4 and not 5 stars. A Historian must cover ALL the possibilities and let the student of history examine the Evidences seen and written. That is what I do.