David Christian

The New York Times bestselling author of Origin Story, who Bill Gates has long been a fan of, turns his attention to the future of humanity and how we think about it in this ambitious book. The future is uncertain, a bit spooky, possibly dangerous, maybe wonderful. We cope with this never-ending uncertainty by telling stories about the future, future stories. How do we construct those stories? Where is the future, the place where we set those stories? Can we trust our future stories? And what sort of futures do they show us? This book is about future stories and future thinking, about how we prepare for the future. Think of it as a sort of Users Guide to the Future. We all need such a guide because the future is where we will spend the rest of our lives. David Christian, historian and author of Origin Story, is renowned for pioneering the emerging discipline of Big History, which surveys the whole of the past. But with Future Stories, he casts his sharp analytical eye forward, offering an introduction to the strange world of the future, and a guide to what we think we know about it at all scales, from the individual to the cosmological. Christian consults theologians, philosophers, scientists, statisticians, and scholars from a huge range of places and times as he explores how we prepare for uncertain futures, including the future of human evolution, artificial intelligence, interstellar travel, and more. By linking the study of the past much more closely to the study of the future, we can begin to imagine what the world will look like in a hundred years and consider solutions to the biggest challenges facing us all.

An introduction to a new way of looking at history, from a perspective that stretches from the beginning of time to the present day, Maps of Time is world history on an unprecedented scale. Beginning with the Big Bang, David Christian views the interaction of the natural world with the more recent arrivals in flora and fauna, including human beings. Cosmology, geology, archeology, and population and environmental studies--all figure in David Christian''s account, which is an ambitious overview of the emerging field of "Big History." Maps of Time opens with the origins of the universe, the stars and the galaxies, the sun and the solar system, including the earth, and conducts readers through the evolution of the planet before human habitation. It surveys the development of human society from the Paleolithic era through the transition to agriculture, the emergence of cities and states, and the birth of the modern, industrial period right up to intimations of possible futures. Sweeping in scope, finely focused in its minute detail, this riveting account of the known world, from the inception of space-time to the prospects of global warming, lays the groundwork for world history--and Big History--true as never before to its name.

Reedición de un clásico de 1963, este libro es el resultado del trabajo en equipo dedicado durante varios años al estudio de entrevistas con pacientes que presentaban una patología somática. En el curso de estas reuniones semanales fue posible despejar no solamente los principios de estas investigaciones, sino tambien aislar nociones esenciales, entre ellas la de pensamiento operatorio, que se ha convertido en una referencia esencial y ha conservado su lugar en los trabajos ulteriores del doctor Pierre Marty, añadiendose de una manera natural a su concepto de desorganizacion progresiva. El interes de este volumen no es solo historico ya que las lineas de investigacion y trabajo clinico aqui presentados se situan en una continuacion directa con el psicoanalisis freudiano, aportando un esclarecimiento suplementario a la clinica de los estados neuroticos.

Mapas del tiempo es historia en gran escala: una nueva forma de "gran historia" que nos cuenta, desde la perspectiva del hombre, lo que ha ocurrido desde el origen del universo hasta nuestros días.

"You''ve all seen the poster of the milky way galaxy with an arrow to a point about halfway out from the center and the caption, ''You are here.'' This book is like that only more so. It locates the human experience in the entirety of space-time."--Alfred Crosby, author of "Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900 An introduction to a new way of looking at history, from a perspective that stretches from the beginning of time to the present day, "Maps of Time "is world history on an unprecedented scale. Beginning with the Big Bang, David Christian views the interaction of the natural world with the more recent arrivals in flora and fauna, including human beings. Cosmology, geology, archeology, and population and environmental studies--all figure in David Christian''s account, which is an ambitious overview of the emerging field of "Big History." "Maps of Time "opens with the origins of the universe, the stars and the galaxies, the sun and the solar system, including the earth, and conducts readers through the evolution of the planet before human habitation. It surveys the development of human society from the Paleolithic era through the transition to agriculture, the emergence of cities and states, and the birth of the modern, industrial period right up to intimations of possible futures. Sweeping in scope, finely focused in its minute detail, this riveting account of the known world, from the inception of space-time to the prospects of global warming, lays the groundwork for world history--and Big History--true as never before to its name.

Mapas del tiempo es historia a gran escala: una nueva forma de "gran historia" que nos cuenta, desde la perspectiva del hombre, lo que ha ocurrido desde el origen del universo hasta nuestros días. William H. McNeill ha dicho de este libro que "reune la historia natural y la historia humana en una narracion unica, grandiosa y comprensible" y que "estamos ante una obra maestra de historia y de pensamiento, clara, coherente, erudita, elegante, audaz y concisa, que presenta al lector una magnifica sintesis de lo que los investigadores academicos y los cientificos han aprendido sobre el mundo que nos rodea en los ultimos cien años. Al lector que esta a punto de adentrarse en este libro le aguarda una experiencia inolvidable. Que lea, se asombre y admire".

This Fleeting World: A Very Small Book of Big History, or the Story of the Universe and History of Humanity is the smallest book of big history, telling the story of the universe and history of humanity in less than one hundred pages. This is an updated version of the popular Teachers Edition, redesigned for the general reader. Prize-winning historian David Christian covers it all in this compact, accessible, and inspiring guide to the history of everything, from stars and empires to cities, the World Wide Web, capitalism, and globalization. David Christians approach to human history and big history is a call to action, based on a profound and fresh understanding of our place in the universe. Big history leads to strategies for building a more sustainable world and this unique world history is essential reading for our time. David Christian asks big questions. Will contemporary challenges will lead to the emergence of a new global system capable of ecological, economic, and political stability? Or is the accelerating pace of change a prelude to a sudden, sharp collapse that will drive many parts of the world back to the productivity levels of the early agrarian era? He presents our origin story and the history of women and men across the entire world, within the framework of the universe explaining, for example, that the chemicals we are made of come from supernovae. He tells the human story as a story of changes: changes in the ways we produce and distribute food, move from place to place, organize ourselves into communities, explore and populate our environment, and both create and respond to crises. He gives us maps of time, history on different temporal-spatial scales, and even offers paths to locate evidence that might challenge his big story. This Fleeting World originated in a conversation in 2003 at the Connecticut home of world historian William H. McNeill, where McNeill introduced David Christian to publisher Karen Christensen. She was planning an encyclopedia of world history. When Christian contended that an encyclopedia couldnt convey the connections intrinsic to the subject, she challenged him to write an introductory essay that would tie everything together. He agreed. The resulting essays proved sopopular with teachers and students that Christensen asked Christian to expand them into a book, and, with help from educators Bob Bain and Lauren McArthurHarris, it was published as This Fleeting World in 2007. The title phrase was the original working title of Christians massive Maps of Time, published by the University of California Press in 2004. Karen Christensen loved the abandoned title and bestowed it on the smaller text written for Berkshire.

David Christian, creator of Big History (My favourite course of all time Bill Gates), brings us the epic story of the universe and our place in it, from 13.8 billion years ago to the remote futureNails home the point: Life is a miracle ... A compelling history of everythingWashington PostSpectacular Carlo RovelliHow did we get from the Big Bang to todays staggering complexity, in which seven billion humans are connected into networks powerful enough to transform the planet? And why, in comparison, are our closest primate relatives reduced to near-extinction? Big History creator David Christian gives the answers in a mind-expanding cosmological detective story told on the grandest possible scale. He traces how, during eight key thresholds, the right conditions have allowed new forms of complexity to arise, from stars to galaxies, Earth to homo sapiens, agriculture to fossil fuels. This last mega-innovation gave us an energy bonanza that brought huge benefits to mankind, yet also threatens to shake apart everything we have created.Rather like the Big Bang, the book is awe-inspiring ... SuperbThe TimesWith fascinating ideas on every page and the page-turning energy of a good thriller, this is a landmark work Sir Ken Robinson, author of The Element

David Christian, el creador de la «big history», de la «gran historia» que enlaza la evolución del cosmos, de la vida y de la humanidad para ofrecernos una perspectiva distinta de los grandes problem

David Christians approach to understanding history can help all of us learn to prepare for the future - Bill GatesA users guide to the future: from the algorithms in DNA to why time is like a cocktail glass, interstellar migrations, transhumanism, the fate of the galaxy, and the last black hole...Every second of our lives - whether were looking both ways before crossing the street, celebrating the birth of a baby, or moving to a new city - we must cope with an unknowable future by telling stories about what will happen next. Where is the future, the place where we set those stories? Can we trust our future stories? And what sort of futures do they show us?David Christian, historian and bestselling author of Origin Story, is renowned for pioneering the emerging discipline of Big History, which surveys the whole of the past. But with Future Stories, he casts his sharp analytical eye forward, offering an introduction to the strange world of the future, and a guide to what we think we know about it at all scales, from the predictive mechanisms of single-celled organisms and tomato plants to the merging of colossal galaxies billions of years from now.Drawing together science, history and philosophy from a huge range of places and times, Christian explores how we prepare for uncertain futures, including the future of human evolution, artificial intelligence, interstellar travel, and more. By linking the study of the past much more closely to the study of the future, we can begin to imagine what the world will look like in the next hundred years and consider solutions to the biggest challenges facing us all.

This Fleeting World tells the story of the universe and history of humanity in only 100 pages. Prize-winning historian David Christian covers it all in this inspiring guide to the history of everything, from stars and empires to cities, the World Wide Web, capitalism, and globalization. David Christians approach to human history and big history is a call to action, based on a profound and fresh understanding of our place in the universe. This book is essential reading for our time.

La mayoría de los historiadores estudian franjas de tiempo pequeñas, enfatizando fechas específicas, individuos y documentos. Pero, ¿cómo sería estudiar toda la historia, desde el Big Bang hasta el presente, e incluso plantearnos como seria el futuro si lo vieramos como una gran red en la que todo esta conectado? David Christian nos acompaña en un viaje a lo largo de los 13.800 millones de años que hemos conocido como historia, ayudandose de ocho momentos clave en los que las condiciones adecuadas han permitido que surjan nuevas formas de complejidad. Y lo hace trazando una gran historia en la que todo esta conectado, que discurre desde el Big Bang, el sistema solar, la aparicion de la vida, los dinosaurios, el Homo sapiens y los grandes imperios hasta la globalizacion. Un libro que ha despertado el entusiasmo de lectores como Bill Gates o el fisico Carlo Rovelli quien lo considera un metodo espectacular para poner orden en todos nuestros conocimientos sobre el mundo.

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