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.
发表于2025-02-02
Origin Story 2025 pdf epub mobi 电子书
如果你开启前两章,被大卫精深的物理学讲解生动的天体宇宙演化故事所折服震撼, 你只是刚刚开始一种新思维的旅程。 和当代所有伟大的学者和思想家一样(比如,史蒂芬平克),他们有同样的出发点,和惊人相似的新常识。 出发点:人类来自哪里,走向何方?我们如何保持走在发展(...
评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...
评分本书英文原版出于2018年,作者在书中提到写作截至时间是2017年。在翻译书中算是比较新的了。 基本内容我概括是:宇宙简史+地球简史+生命简史+人类简史。前三项不仅讲了目前人类最新的认识,还讲了相关的证据以及对应的原理。 宇宙简史:从137亿年前的大爆炸说起,讲物质的起源...
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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
To do anything requires energy. To specify what is done requires information.
评分因为比尔盖茨推荐,2019年读书计划第一步。有些失望,像是高中科普读物。没有什么太大意思,迅速翻翻看看哪些感兴趣的章节读读就好
评分6-stars book! To read the original version.
评分6-stars book! To read the original version.
评分Thx gates recommend .The efficiency(is not speed),increasing efficiencies in the use of energy and materials will eventually reduce total energy consumption and recycling of existing materials will reduce comsumption of new minerals and resources almost to zero. To do anyting requires energy but to specify what is done requires information.
Origin Story 2025 pdf epub mobi 电子书