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: Macquarie University
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 |
| Как пройти курс | Чтобы пройти курс, выполните все оцениваемые задания. |
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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 материала для самостоятельного изучения
- 阅读: Resources
- 阅读: Glossary
- 阅读: How This Course Works
- 阅读: The Big History Forums
- 阅读: International Undergraduate Scholarship Opportunity
- 阅读: The Big History Bonus Points Scheme
- Видео: ZOOMING IN: Richard Menary - What is the relationship between historical & scientific explanation?
- 阅读: Resources
- 阅读: Timeline
- 阅读: Glossary
- Видео: ZOOMING IN: Jenny Duke-Yonge - How do we decide what to believe?
- 阅读: Resources
- 阅读: Glossary
- Видео: BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Christian - How did our Universe get more complex?
- 阅读: Resources
- 阅读: Timeline
- 阅读: Glossary
- Видео: BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Baker - Big History, Critical Thinking, & Transdisciplinarity
- 阅读: 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 материала для самостоятельного изучения
- Видео: ZOOMING IN: Quentin Parker - What is the observable evidence for the Big Bang?
- 阅读: Resources
- 阅读: Timeline
- 阅读: Glossary
- Видео: ZOOMING IN: Quentin Parker - How do we know how stars form?
- 阅读: Resources
- 阅读: Timeline
- 阅读: Glossary
- Видео: ZOOMING IN: Ian Jamie - Where did the elements come from?
- 阅读: Resources
- 阅读: Timeline
- 阅读: Glossary
- Видео: ZOOMING IN: Ian Jamie - What is the periodic table?
- 阅读: Resources
- 阅读: Timeline
- 阅读: Glossary
- Видео: BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Christian - Why is Threshold 4 significant?
- 阅读: Resources
- 阅读: Timeline
- 阅读: Glossary
- Видео: ZOOMING IN: Craig O'Neill - How did the solar system form?
- 阅读: Resources
- 阅读: Timeline
- 阅读: Glossary
- Видео: ZOOMING IN: Dick Flood - What is our Earth's history and how do we know it?
- 阅读: Resources
- 阅读: Timeline
- 阅读: Glossary
- Видео: BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Baker - The Universe, Stars, & Planets
- 阅读: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD: David Baker - From the Inanimate Universe to Life
Оцениваемый: The Universe, Stars, and Planets
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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 материала для самостоятельного изучения
- 阅读: Resources
- 阅读: Timeline
- 阅读: Glossary
- Видео: ZOOMING IN: Michael Gillings - Where did life come from?
- 阅读: Resources
- 阅读: Timeline
- 阅读: Glossary
- Видео: ZOOMING IN: Simon George - How do we get dates for Earth's history?
- 阅读: Resources
- 阅读: Glossary
- Видео: ZOOMING IN: Michael Gillings - How does evolution work?
- 阅读: Resources
- 阅读: Timeline
- 阅读: Glossary
- Видео: ZOOMING IN: Glenn Brock - How do palaeontologists study the history of life?
- 阅读: Resources
- 阅读: Timeline
- 阅读: Glossary
- Видео: BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Christian - Why is Threshold 6 important?
- 阅读: Resources
- 阅读: Timeline
- 阅读: Glossary
- Видео: ZOOMING IN: Greg Downey - Why did our ancestors evolve such unusual abilities?
- 阅读: Resources
- 阅读: Timeline
- 阅读: Glossary
- Видео: BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Baker - The Evolutionary Epic
- 阅读: 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 материала для самостоятельного изучения
- 阅读: Resources
- 阅读: Timeline
- 阅读: Glossary
- Видео: BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Christian - Why is Threshold 7 important?
- 阅读: Resources
- 阅读: Timeline
- 阅读: Glossary
- Видео: ZOOMING IN: Susanne Binder - Where did writing come from?
- Видео: CASE STUDY: Susanne Binder - Reading Hieroglyphs
- 阅读: Resources
- 阅读: Timeline
- 阅读: Glossary
- Видео: ZOOMING IN: Peter Edwell - What were the Silk Roads?
- 阅读: Resources
- 阅读: Timeline
- 阅读: Glossary
- Видео: BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Christian - What were the main changes in agrarian civilizations?
- 阅读: Resources
- 阅读: Glossary
- Видео: BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Baker - Human History
- 阅读: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD: David Baker - Collective Learning's "Snowball Effect"
Оцениваемый: Human History
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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 материала для самостоятельного изучения
- 阅读: Resources
- 阅读: Timeline
- 阅读: Glossary
- Видео: ZOOMING IN: Mark Hearn - How did Modernity evolve after the Industrial Revolution?
- 阅读: Resources
- 阅读: Timeline
- 阅读: Glossary
- Видео: ZOOMING IN: Stephanie Lawson - How far can globalization go?
- 阅读: Resources
- 阅读: Timeline
- 阅读: Glossary
- Видео: ZOOMING IN: Wylie Bradford - Why is the world economy so integrated?
- 阅读: Resources
- 阅读: Timeline
- 阅读: Glossary
- Видео: BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Christian - Why is Threshold 8 important?
- 阅读: Resources
- 阅读: Timeline
- 阅读: Glossary
- Видео: BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Baker - Modernity
- 阅读: 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 материала для самостоятельного изучения
- 阅读: Resources
- 阅读: Glossary
- Видео: ZOOMING IN: Lesley Hughes - How is our climate changing and what does this mean for our future?
- 阅读: Resources
- 阅读: Timeline
- 阅读: Glossary
- Видео: ZOOMING IN: Quentin Parker - Why is the future of the Universe easier to study than the future of humanity?
- 阅读: Resources
- 阅读: Timeline
- 阅读: Glossary
- Видео: BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Christian - What have we learned from the Big History story?
- 阅读: Course Contributors
Оцениваемый: The Future
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Оцениваемый: Final Assignment
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