Big history and the future of humanity
By: Fred Spier.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K; Malden, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781444334210
Subjects: Civilization -- Philosophy; History -- Philosophy; World history -- Philosophy; Human evolution; Human ecology; Biocomplexity; Complexity (Philosophy)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to big history; title: General approach; title: Cosmic evolution :  the emergence of simple forms of complexity; title: Our cosmic neighborhood : the emergence of greater complexity; title: Life on the Earth : the widening range of complexity; title: Early human history : the emergence of the greatest known complexity; title: Recent human history : the development of the greatest known complexity; title: Facing the future.