Presents a new perspective for looking at history from the origins of the universe to present day.

big history and the future of humanity “This remains the best single attempt to theorize big history as a discipline that can link core concepts and paradigms

This issue of the almanac aims at filling the gap in the mega-evolutionary research. The Editors believe that the present Almanac, which brings together scienti

Chaisson addresses some of the most basic issues we can contemplate: the origin of matter and the origin of life, and the ways matter, life, and radiation inter

This book introduces a 'Big History' perspective to understand the acceleration of social, technological and economic trends towards a near-term singularity, ma