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Big History - From the Big Bang until Today

Курс от University of Amsterdam
Начальный≈ 15.1 чАнглийский
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Welcome to this Big History course! In this course, renowned scientists and scholars from the University of Amsterdam and beyond will take you on a journey from the Big Bang until today while addressing key questions in their fields. After completing this journey you will have developed a better understanding of how you and everything around you became the way they are today. You will also have gained an understanding of the underlying mechanisms that have helped shape the history of everything and how they wil help shape the future. Last but not least, you will have developed the skill to use this knowledge to put smaller subjects into a bigger perspective with the aid of the little big history approach, which can help you develop some new ideas on these smaller subjects.

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Ancient HistoryLife SciencesBiologyEconomic DevelopmentPhysicsHuman DevelopmentLiberal ArtsEnvironmental ScienceSocial ImpactWorld HistoryAnthropologyCreativityEnvironmentCultureSocial StudiesPsychologyTimelinesSocial SciencesPhysical ScienceInternational Relations

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5 модулей · 52 учебных материалов

01Introduction4 материалов

A First Exploration of Big History

How can we summarize 13.8 billion years in one brief course?ВидеоHow big is big history?ВидеоWhat are little big histories?ВидеоCan big history reunify all our knowledge?Видео
02Cosmic History13 материалов

Overview

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Esther Quaedackers

Lecturer in Big History

Big History - From the Big Bang until Today
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Язык: Английский

Субтитры: Арабский, Французский, Бенгальский, Украинский, Китайский (Китай), Греческий, Итальянский, Бразильский португальский, Вьетнамский, Нидерландский, Корейский, Немецкий, Пушту, Урду, Русский, Тайский, Индонезийский, Шведский, Турецкий, Азербайджанский, Испанский, Дари, Хинди, Японский, Казахский, Венгерский, Польский

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A tour of cosmic historyЧтение

The Early Universe

Why do we think big history started with a Big Bang?ВидеоWhat are the elementary particles our universe is made of?ВидеоWhat are the fundamental forces that determine how our universe behaves?ВидеоIs our Standard Model of elementary particles and fundamental forces complete?Видео

Stars and Our Solar System

Why are massive stars so important to us?ВидеоHow do stars die?ВидеоWhat does our cosmic neighbourhood look like?ВидеоDoes our Solar System have a history?Видео

Reflective Challenge

What is underlying all of big history?Видео

Connections

Little Big History Example ConnectionsЧтениеPractice little big history assignment 1Взаимная проверка

Quiz

Cosmic historyЗадание
03The History of Earth and Life14 материалов

Overview

A tour of the history of Earth and lifeЧтение

Life and Evolution

How did life emerge on Earth?ВидеоHow did evolution lead to the incredible diversity of life we see around us?ВидеоWhy do species look the way they do and how are they all related?Видео

The Co-Evolution of Earth and Life

How did life develop on the early Earth?ВидеоWhat happened on our planet during mass extinctions?ВидеоWhy has our Earth cooled over the past millions of years?Видео

Human Evolution

How can understanding the evolution of the brain help us understand human history?ВидеоHow did brain evolution lead to the development of our consciousness?ВидеоCan we understand the evolution of our species without the aid of sexual selection?Видео

Reflective Challenge

Can we develop a theory of the biosphere?Видео

Quiz

The history of Earth and lifeЗадание

Connections

Little Big History Example ConnectionsЧтениеPractice little big history assignment 2Взаимная проверка
04Human History18 материалов

Overview

A tour of human historyЧтение

Villages, Cities, States

Why did people start to farm?ВидеоCan big history tell us something new about the emergence of agriculture?ВидеоWhat is the use of religion in the history of our species?ВидеоWhy did states, writing and state religion emerge together?ВидеоHow are civilizations influenced by climate change?Видео

Globalization and Industrialisation

When did globalization begin and what did it mean to different people across the globe?ВидеоHow was life in Europe affected by early globalization?ВидеоWhat made industrial production possible?ВидеоWhat are the main consequences of the Industrial Revolution?ВидеоWhat have been the consequences of the Industrial Revolution for our environment?Видео

Informatization

How is our international financial system developing?ВидеоHow are financial institutions affecting society?ВидеоHow is artificial intelligence developing?ВидеоHow will artificial intelligence influence your future?Видео

Reflective Challenge

Can we construct a theory of human history?Видео

Quiz

Human historyЗадание

Connections

Practice little big history assignment 3Взаимная проверка
05Wrap up3 материалов

The Future

What will the future of life, Earth and our universe look like?ВидеоWhat can big history tell us about the short term future?Видео

Little Big History Assignment

Final little big history assignmentВзаимная проверка