External Links

Big history web sites

Wikipedia big history page
Youtube Big History Series
International Big History Association (IBHA)
Big History on Facebook
Cosmic Evolution: From Big Bang to Humankind, Wright Center, Tufts University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
ChronoZoom. Interactive big history timeline being developed at UC Berkeley by Roland Saekow and Walter Alvarez
Scale of the Universe
Powers of Ten, including Kees Boeke’s original version
Powers of Ten on Youtube
History of the Universe
A Walk through Time
Uitgeverij de Arend, Big History for children (in Dutch)
Our Common Story, promoting big history worldwide
Tree of Knowledge, Ambitious project to construct an overview of all historical knowledge
EvoDevoUniverse. Discussion group based on theoretical physics and philosophy
Information Philosopher

Big history courses

Introduction to World History (= Big History), Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia (HIST115 & HIST359). Instructor: Dr. David Christian
Cosmic Evolution: The Origins of Matter and Life, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States (Astro-E-8 COSMIC EVOLUTION). Instructor: Dr. Eric Chaisson
Big History, University of Southern Maine, Lewiston-Auburn College, United States (LCC 350I). Instructor: Dr. Barry Rodrigue
Big History – Cosmos, Earth, Life, and Humanity, University of California at Berkeley, United States (Letters & Science C70X / Earth and Planetary Science C51). Instructor: Dr. Walter Alvarez
I ntroduction to World Civilizations, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, United States (HST 101). Instructor: Dr. Craig Benjamin
Big History, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, United States (SSC 100). Instructor: Dr. Lowell Gustafson
Big History Project. On-line big history course for secondary schools (under development) sponsored by Bill Gates

Lectures

Big History, David Christian, March 2011, TED Talks
Wright Lecture Series on Cosmic Evolution, including Fred Spier’s lecture on 12 October 2005
Earth History in the Broadest Possible Context. Walter Alvarez, April 29, 2010, 97th Annual Faculty Research Lectures, University of California at Berkeley.
What Is Our Place in the Cosmos?, David Deutsch, July 2005, TED Talks
Earth in its Final Century?, Martin Rees, July 2005, TED Talks

Scientific journals

Organizations

Museums

General information

WorldWide Telescope (great astronomy site)
The Particle Adventure, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, United States
Kennislink, Scientific news and background information (in Dutch)
Oermens, Palaeo-anthropology, with excellent worldwide links and references (in Dutch)
The Beauty of Maps: great BBC documentary on maps and map making
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, United States

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