How 'Big History' can save the world
- Written by Ian Crawford, Professor of Planetary Science and Astrobiology, Birkbeck, University of London
Big History may provide a basis for drawing different human cultures closer together.NASAThe term “Big History” was coined in the early 1990s by the historian David Christian of Macquarie University. It is nothing if not ambitious, aiming to integrate human history with the deeper history of the universe.
The story begins with the...