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课程主页: https://www.coursera.org/learn/big-history
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课程名称：大历史：知识连接 概述：在全球面临前所未有的挑战时，该课程带领学员们跨越138亿年的时间，从大爆炸到未来，探索复杂问题的相互关联性。通过大历史的视角，学员将发现宇宙和世界如何从简单演变为复杂，同时认识到集体学习的力量。课程包括两种讲座形式：多位专家的“深入分析”讲座，以不同学科的视角理解关键概念，以及大历史框架讲座，提供通过大历史八个阈限的连贯概述。 课程大纲： 第一部分：大历史、批判性思维与跨学科性 描述：本模块介绍大历史的运作方式，强调批判性思维及我们对知识的认识。学习大历史的前三个“复杂性增加的阈限”，从宇宙及一切存在的开始探讨。 第二部分：宇宙、星星与行星 描述：我们将在一个涵盖数十亿年的时间线上探讨宇宙的起源、新星与元素以及太阳系，涉及宇宙学、天文学、物理学、化学和地质学。 第三部分：进化史 描述：探讨自大约38亿年前的生命起源到人类这一古怪的灵长类动物的演化历程，深入探讨进化生物学、地质学、古生物学和人类学。 第四部分：人类历史 描述：本模块回顾人类从约20万年前起源到工业革命前夕的长期发展，研究考古学、古文字学及古代、中世纪与早期现代历史。 第五部分：现代性 描述：探讨人类历史上最动态的时期——现代时代，分析从持续一万年的农业时代过渡到现代时代的生产与复杂性爆发，涉及现代历史、政治学和经济学。 第六部分：未来 描述：本模块通过学习历史展望未来，探讨本世纪面临的挑战、亿年尺度的未来研究以及复杂性可能的发展方向，涵盖气候学、宇宙学、物理学和前瞻性研究。
Part: 1
Title:Big History, Critical Thinking, & Transdisciplinarity
Description:Welcome to Big History! This is where we use the power of a transdisciplinary perspective to explore broad trends in the grand narrative of 13.8 billion years. In this module you'll learn how Big History works, explore critical-thinking, how we know what we know, and learn about the first "3 Thresholds of Increasing Complexity", milestones around which Big History is organized, starting at the beginning of the Universe, space, time, and everything in existence.
Part: 2
Title:The Universe, Stars, and Planets
Description:Our journey across space and time has begun. In this module, in a timeline that covers billions of years, we'll explore the origins of the universe, new stars & elements, and the solar system. You'll have the opportunity to examine cosmology, astronomy, physics, chemistry, and geology.
Part: 3
Title:The Evolutionary Epic
Description:Travel through the evolutionary epic from the origin of life c.3.8 billion years ago, the evolution of complex forms after c.550 million years ago, to the evolution of some very odd primates - humans. Zoom in and explore evolutionary biology, geology, palaeontology, and anthropology.
Part: 4
Title:Human History
Description:After billions of years of cosmic evolution, our own rather peculiar species has emerged to cultivate even greater heights of increasing complexity. In this module, we will explore the long trend of human development from the origin of our species c.200,000 years ago to the eve of the Industrial Revolution. You will explore archaeology, paleography, and ancient, medieval, and early modern history.
Part: 5
Title:Modernity
Description:We have now arrived at one of the most dynamically changing periods ever seen in human history - our own times. This module will explore how the agrarian era that had lasted for 10,000 years transitioned to the modern era with its explosion of production and complexity. We will explore modern history, political science, and economics.
Part: 6
Title:The Future
Description:We've looked far into the deep past, now is the time to take what we've learned and look ahead. In this module we will explore the near and distant future, what challenges we face this century, how we study the future on the scale of billions of years, and where complexity may go from here. The section incorporates climatology, cosmology, physics, and foresight.
We currently face unprecedented challenges on a global scale. These problems do not neatly fall into disciplines. They are complicated, complex, and connected. Join us on this epic journey of 13.8 billion years starting at the Big Bang and travelling through time all the way to the future. Discover the connections in our world, the power of collective learning, how our universe and our world has evolved from incredible simplicity to ever-increasing complexity. Experience our modern scientific origin story through Big History and discover the important links between past, current, and future events. You will find two different types of lectures. ‘Zooming In’ lectures from multiple specialists enable you to understand key concepts through the lens of different disciplines, whilst David Christian's ‘Big History Framework’ lectures provide the connective overview for a journey through eight thresholds of Big History.
