TY  - BOOK
AU  - Spier,Fred
TI  - Big history and the future of humanity
SN  - 9781444334210 (hbk.)
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Chichester, U.K.
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
KW  - Civilization
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - History
KW  - World history
KW  - Human evolution
KW  - Human ecology
KW  - Biocomplexity
KW  - Complexity (Philosophy)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction to big history -- General approach -- Cosmic evolution :  the emergence of simple forms of complexity -- Our cosmic neighborhood : the emergence of greater complexity -- Life on the Earth : the widening range of complexity -- Early human history : the emergence of the greatest known complexity -- Recent human history : the development of the greatest known complexity -- Facing the future
ER  -