TY - BOOK AU - Christian, David ED - San Diego State University ED - The Teaching Company TI - Big History : : The Big Bang, Life on Earth, and the Rise of Humanity / SN - 1598034103 (dvd) PY - 2010/// CY - Chantilly, VA PB - The Teaching Company KW - Great Courses KW - History. KW - History KW - Civilization. KW - Culture and philosophy. KW - World history KW - Human evolution. N1 - 48 x 30 min. long lectures; The Course Guidebook includes: 296-page course synopsis, photos & illustrations, suggested readings, as well as questions to consider; Includes a biography of the author, a course scope, and bibliographical references; "About 100,000 to 60,000 years ago, a species of hominines—bipedal ape-like creatures—began to move out of its home territory in Africa and into the Asian continent. Today, homo sapiens, the descendants of those first hominines—live in nearly every ecological niche. We fly through the air in planes, communicate instantaneously over immense distances, and develop theories about the creation of the Universe. In Big History: The Big Bang, Life on Earth, and the Rise of Humanity, you’ll hear this ever-evolving story—the history of everything—in its monumental entirety from the moment the Universe grew from the size of an atom to the size of a galaxy in a fraction of a second" (Publisher's website).; DVD CONTENTS; Disc 1 ; 1. What Is Big History? ; 2. Moving across Multiple Scales ; 3. Simplicity and Complexity ; 4. Evidence and the Nature of Science ; 5. Threshold 1 - Origins of Big Bang Cosmology ; 6. How Did Everything Begin? ; Disc 2 ; 7. Threshold 2 - The First Stars and Galaxies ; 8. Threshold 3 - Making Chemical Elements ; 9. Threshold 4 - The Earth and the Solar System ; 10. The Early Earth - A Short History ; 11. Plate Tectonics and the Earth