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|a Big History and the Future of Humanity
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|a Intro -- PRAISE FOR BIG HISTORY AND THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY -- DEDICATION -- TITLE PAGE -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TEXT BOXES -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Bibliography -- A SHORT TIME LINE OFBIG HISTORY -- 1 INTRODUCTION TO BIG HISTORY -- Introduction -- Studying the Past -- A Very Short History of Academic History -- A Short History of Big History -- A Historical Theory of Everything? -- Bibliography -- Recommended Reading -- 2 GENERAL APPROACH -- Introduction -- Matter and Energy -- Complexity -- Energy Flows and the Emergence of Complexity
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|a The Goldilocks Principle -- Bibliography -- Recommended Reading -- 3 COSMIC EVOLUTION -- Introduction -- The Big Bang: No Complexity -- Recent Issues Concerning the Big Bang Scenario -- The Radiation Era: The Emergence of Complexity at the Smallest Scales -- The Matter Era: The Emergence of Complexity at Atomic and Molecular Scales -- Galaxy Formation: The Emergence of Complexity at Larger Scales -- The Emergence of Stars -- Stars as Nuclear Forges -- Bibliography -- Recommended Reading -- 4 OUR COSMIC NEIGHBORHOOD -- Introduction -- The Galactic Habitable Zone
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|a The Emergence of Our Cosmic Neighborhood -- The Solar System Habitable Zone -- Major Characteristics of Earth -- Early Inner Planetary History -- Early Earth History -- Life Is Very Special -- The Emergence of Life -- Bibliography -- Recommended Reading -- 5 LIFE ON EARTH -- Life, Energy and Complexity -- Planetary Energy Flows and Life -- The Gaia Hypothesis -- The Emergence of Energy Harvesting from Outside -- The Emergence of the Biological Food Web -- The Emergence of Multicellular Organisms -- The Emergence of Brains and Consciousness -- The Increase and Expansion of Biological Complexity
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|a Conquest of the Land -- Further Increasing Complexity -- Bibliography -- Recommended Reading -- 6 EARLY HUMAN HISTORY -- Introduction -- What Makes Humans Different -- Energy and Complexity -- The Emergence of Early Humans -- Improving Social Coordination -- Tool Making and Brain Growth -- Brains and Intestines -- Fire Control -- Migration -- The Rise of Modern Humans -- Early Religion -- Bibliography -- Recommended Reading -- 7 RECENT HUMAN HISTORY -- Introduction -- The Agrarian Revolution -- The Developing Agrarian Regime -- Social Effects of the Agrarian Revolution
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|a The Emergence of Agrarian Religions -- Increasing Agricultural Complexity and Declining Untamed Complexity -- Early State Formation -- The Emergence of Big States -- The Emergence of Moral Religions -- Energy and Complexity in State Societies -- The First Wave of Globalization -- Industrialization: The Second Wave of Globalization -- Informatization: The Third Wave of Globalization -- Energy, Complexity and Goldilocks Circumstances -- Bibliography -- Recommended Reading -- 8 FACING THE FUTURE -- Introduction -- A Very Short Overview of the Long Future of the Universe
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