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Welcome to this Big History course! In this course, renowned scientists and scholars from the University of Amsterdam and beyond will take you on a journey from the Big Bang until today while addressing key questions in their fields. After completing this journey you will have developed a better understanding of how you and everything around you became the way they are today. You will also have gained an understanding of the underlying mechanisms that have helped shape the history of everything and how they wil help  shape the future. Last but not least, you will have developed the skill to use this knowledge to put smaller subjects into a bigger perspective with the aid of the little big history approach, which can help you develop some new ideas on these smaller subjects.

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Prazos flexíveis

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Nível iniciante

Aprox. 19 horas para completar

Sugerido: 4 weeks of study, 3-5 hours/week...

Inglês

Legendas: Inglês, Italiano, Espanhol

100% on-line

Comece imediatamente e aprenda em seu próprio cronograma.

Prazos flexíveis

Redefinir os prazos de acordo com sua programação.

Nível iniciante

Aprox. 19 horas para completar

Sugerido: 4 weeks of study, 3-5 hours/week...

Inglês

Legendas: Inglês, Italiano, Espanhol

Programa - O que você aprenderá com este curso

Semana

1

24 minutos para concluir

Introduction

4 vídeos (Total 24 mín.)

4 videos

How can we summarize 13.8 billion years in one brief course?5min

How big is big history?6min

What are little big histories?4min

Can big history reunify all our knowledge?7min

4 horas para concluir

Cosmic History

9 vídeos (Total 80 mín.), 2 leituras, 2 testes

9 videos

Why do we think big history started with a Big Bang?15min

What are the elementary particles our universe is made of?9min

What are the fundamental forces that determine how our universe behaves?7min

Is our Standard Model of elementary particles and fundamental forces complete?6min

Why are massive stars so important to us?6min

How do stars die?7min

What does our cosmic neighbourhood look like?9min

Does our Solar System have a history?7min

What is underlying all of big history?9min

2 leituras

A tour of cosmic history10min

Little Big History Example Connections10min

1 exercício prático

Cosmic history16min

Semana

2

4 horas para concluir

The History of Earth and Life

10 vídeos (Total 90 mín.), 2 leituras, 2 testes

10 videos

How did life emerge on Earth?11min

How did evolution lead to the incredible diversity of life we see around us?11min

Why do species look the way they do and how are they all related?9min

How did life develop on the early Earth?5min

What happened on our planet during mass extinctions?8min

Why has our Earth cooled over the past millions of years?8min

How can understanding the evolution of the brain help us understand human history?8min

How did brain evolution lead to the development of our consciousness?9min

Can we understand the evolution of our species without the aid of sexual selection?7min

Can we develop a theory of the biosphere?9min

2 leituras

A tour of the history of Earth and life10min

Little Big History Example Connections10min

1 exercício prático

The history of Earth and life16min

Semana

3

5 horas para concluir

Human History

15 vídeos (Total 139 mín.), 1 leitura, 2 testes

15 videos

Why did people start to farm?7min

Can big history tell us something new about the emergence of agriculture?6min

What is the use of religion in the history of our species?9min

Why did states, writing and state religion emerge together?10min

How are civilizations influenced by climate change?13min

When did globalization begin and what did it mean to different people across the globe?8min

How was life in Europe affected by early globalization?7min

What made industrial production possible?9min

What are the main consequences of the Industrial Revolution?10min

What have been the consequences of the Industrial Revolution for our environment?9min

How is our international financial system developing?10min

How are financial institutions affecting society?6min

How is artificial intelligence developing?9min

How will artificial intelligence influence your future?5min

Can we construct a theory of human history?14min

1 leituras

A tour of human history10min

1 exercício prático

Human history16min

Semana

4

2 horas para concluir

Wrap up

2 vídeos (Total 14 mín.), 1 teste

2 videos

What will the future of life, Earth and our universe look like?7min

What can big history tell us about the short term future?6min

Instrutores

Esther Quaedackers

Lecturer in Big History

Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies - Faculty of Science

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Big History - From the Big Bang until Today