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Owen Densmore

Big history

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I noticed this TED talk

http://www.ted.com/talks/david_christian_big_history.html

on the history of the cosmos from the big bang to the present, emphasizing 8 threshold events.

This has turned into a project to introduce a new course to educate folks on Big History and its importance for our surviving the challenges we currently face.

http://www.bighistoryproject.com/

(Be sure to click on the explore timeline link)

I found it interesting too from the SFX projet approach: big ideas into important projects.

-- Owen

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Pamela McCorduck

Re: Big history

Brilliant! Thank you, Owen.

On Feb 2, 2012, at 1:36 PM, Owen Densmore wrote:

I noticed this TED talk
http://www.ted.com/talks/david_christian_big_history.html

on the history of the cosmos from the big bang to the present, emphasizing 8 threshold events.

This has turned into a project to introduce a new course to educate folks on Big History and its importance for our surviving the challenges we currently face.

http://www.bighistoryproject.com/
(Be sure to click on the explore timeline link)

I found it interesting too from the SFX projet approach: big ideas into important projects.

-- Owen
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