Re: Big history
Posted by
Pamela McCorduck on
Feb 02, 2012; 7:22pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Big-history-tp7247983p7248135.html
Brilliant! Thank you, Owen.
On Feb 2, 2012, at 1:36 PM, Owen Densmore wrote:
I noticed this TED talk
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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