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.
Big History: Connecting Knowledge
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Macquarie University
Программа курса: что вы изучите
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1Big 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 videos (Total 45 min), 15 материалов для самостоятельного изучения, 2 тестов
5 видео
ZOOMING IN: Richard Menary - What is the relationship between historical & scientific explanation?5мин
ZOOMING IN: Jenny Duke-Yonge - How do we decide what to believe?9мин
BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Christian - How did our Universe get more complex?14мин
BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Baker - Big History, Critical Thinking, & Transdisciplinarity6мин
15 материала для самостоятельного изучения
Resources10мин
Glossary10мин
How This Course Works10мин
The Big History Forums10мин
International Undergraduate Scholarship Opportunity10мин
The Big History Bonus Points Scheme10мин
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Timeline10мин
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LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD: David Baker - Starting Out10мин
2 практического упражнения
Big History, Critical Thinking, Transdisciplinarity14мин
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2The 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 videos (Total 82 min), 22 материалов для самостоятельного изучения, 2 тестов
9 видео
ZOOMING IN: Quentin Parker - What is the observable evidence for the Big Bang?9мин
ZOOMING IN: Quentin Parker - How do we know how stars form?10мин
ZOOMING IN: Ian Jamie - Where did the elements come from?6мин
ZOOMING IN: Ian Jamie - What is the periodic table?9мин
BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Christian - Why is Threshold 4 significant?8мин
ZOOMING IN: Craig O'Neill - How did the solar system form?17мин
ZOOMING IN: Dick Flood - What is our Earth's history and how do we know it?13мин
BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Baker - The Universe, Stars, & Planets4мин
22 материала для самостоятельного изучения
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Timeline10мин
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LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD: David Baker - From the Inanimate Universe to Life10мин
2 практического упражнения
The Universe, Stars, and Planets24мин
Claim Testers2мин
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3The 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 videos (Total 72 min), 21 материалов для самостоятельного изучения, 2 тестов
8 видео
ZOOMING IN: Michael Gillings - Where did life come from?7мин
ZOOMING IN: Simon George - How do we get dates for Earth's history?13мин
ZOOMING IN: Michael Gillings - How does evolution work?9мин
ZOOMING IN: Glenn Brock - How do palaeontologists study the history of life?10мин
BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Christian - Why is Threshold 6 important?8мин
ZOOMING IN: Greg Downey - Why did our ancestors evolve such unusual abilities?11мин
BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Baker - The Evolutionary Epic2мин
21 материала для самостоятельного изучения
Resources10мин
Timeline10мин
Glossary10мин
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LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD: David Baker - The "Two Cultures" Meet10мин
2 практического упражнения
The Evolutionary Epic30мин
Claim Testers2мин
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4Human 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 videos (Total 61 min), 15 материалов для самостоятельного изучения, 2 тестов
7 видео
BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Christian - Why is Threshold 7 important?11мин
ZOOMING IN: Susanne Binder - Where did writing come from?9мин
CASE STUDY: Susanne Binder - Reading Hieroglyphs3мин
ZOOMING IN: Peter Edwell - What were the Silk Roads?12мин
BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Christian - What were the main changes in agrarian civilizations?11мин
BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Baker - Human History3мин
15 материала для самостоятельного изучения
Resources10мин
Timeline10мин
Glossary10мин
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LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD: David Baker - Collective Learning's "Snowball Effect"10мин
2 практического упражнения
Human History20мин
Claim Testers2мин
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Лучшие рецензии
автор: BG•Jan 7th 2016
Finally! A creation myth based on evidence and multiple scientific disciplines for all humans is here! The time for stories based on speculation and superstition for the chosen group is finally over.
автор: MS•Aug 1st 2017
Very informative, cross and inter-disciplinary course. Lot of effort is put into formulating and developing the course. Thanks for all the people who have contributed to run the course successfully.
Преподавателя
David Christian
ProfessorBig History Institute
David Baker
Associate LecturerBig History Institute
О Macquarie University
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