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发表于2024-11-05
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"I have long been a fan of David Christian. In Origin Story, he elegantly weaves evidence and insights from many scientific and historical disciplines into a single, accessible historical narrative."
―Bill Gates
"In Origin Story, David Christian has found a spectacular way to use history to put order in the entire set of our knowledge about the world. This is a wonderful achievement."
―Carlo Rovelli, author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and The Order of Time
"A remarkable book that puts us self-important humans in our proper place in the cosmos, yet also explains why the story of human culture and knowledge -- what Christian calls collective learning -- matters for understanding our present world and shaping its future."―Merry Wiesner-Hanks, President of the World History Association
"David Christian is not one for half measures. Origin Story is a majestic distillation of our current understanding of the birth and development of the universe, of the solar system, of the oceans, of mountains and minerals, of all life on earth and of the driving dynamics of human culture and achievement. All of this in just over 300 pages of captivating prose that weaves together innumerable insights from dozens of disciplines in the sciences, arts and humanities. With fascinating ideas on every page and the page turning energy of a good thriller, this is a landmark work that comes at a time when it has never been more important for humanity as a whole to have a clearer, more informed understanding of our place on earth and of the earth's place in the cosmos."―Sir Ken Robinson, author of The Element
David Christian is a Distinguished Professor of History at Macquarie University and director of Macquarie University's Big History Institute. He cofounded the Big History Project with Bill Gates, his Coursera MOOCs are popular around the world, and he is cocreator of the Macquarie University Big History School. He has delivered keynotes at conferences around the world, including the Davos World Economic Forum, and his TED Talk has been viewed more than seven million times. He is the author of numerous books and articles.
內容大都在其他地方見到過。比較有意思的是作者把自然曆史和生物乃至人類曆史都放在能量與熵的框架裏考慮
評分Fascinating journey from the beginning of the universe towards the future world of human society.
評分To do anything requires energy. To specify what is done requires information.
評分中規中矩,如果瞭解大曆史的話就沒有耳目一新的感覺,但是大曆史觀我很認可,3.5
評分中規中矩,如果瞭解大曆史的話就沒有耳目一新的感覺,但是大曆史觀我很認可,3.5
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評分一天半的时间阅读完了此书,书中的内容,并不想复述了,因为范围很大,在300页内完成148亿年的故事,自然不会很精。说自己的结论,本书越早期的部分越精彩,因为越早总体越简单,立论合理性更强,到了人类的部分,基本相当于背历史书,XX年人类历史上发生了什么重要的XXX事。让...
評分“大历史”一词,最初源自美国历史学者大卫·克里斯蒂安开设的一门课程:以枝干分明的框架勾勒出宇宙大爆炸至今的历史,以跨学科的视野讲述这一宏大主题。自此,“大历史”的概念深受学者和知名人士的推荐,相关著作亦不乏来者。大卫·克里斯蒂安本人就针对不同的读者群出版了...
評分我想作者已经尽可能的用通俗易懂的语言来向我们读者描述一系列万物起源的故事,然而对于我这样的理科废柴,这本书还是有很大的阅读难度的。 初次拿到这本书,给我第一印象是装帧精致,看起来很高大上。类似于是平常买的经典名著的装帧。于是乎,本人带着敬畏和一丝丝不确定翻开...
評分一天半的时间阅读完了此书,书中的内容,并不想复述了,因为范围很大,在300页内完成148亿年的故事,自然不会很精。说自己的结论,本书越早期的部分越精彩,因为越早总体越简单,立论合理性更强,到了人类的部分,基本相当于背历史书,XX年人类历史上发生了什么重要的XXX事。让...
Origin Story pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024