History, Big History, & Metahistory - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:David C. Krakauer (Editor), John Lewis Gaddis (Editor), Kenneth Pomeranz (Editor)Series:Seminar #1Publish date:2018-05-10Pages:326
Language:EnglishPublisher:Santa Fe Institute PressISBN-13:9781947864108ISBN-10:1947864106UPC:9781947864108Book Category:History, ScienceBook Subcategory:Historiography, HistorySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.88 inchesWeight:1.3911Product ID:SCGY2E3AG4
History, Big History, & Metahistory
What is history anyway? Most people would say it's what happened in the past, but how far back does the past extend? To the first written sources? To what other forms of evidence reveal about pre-literate civilizations? What does that term mean--an empire, a nation, a city, a village, a family, a lonely hermit somewhere? Why stop with people: shouldn't history also comprise the environment in...
Series: Seminar #1
Language:EnglishPublisher:Santa Fe Institute PressISBN-13:9781947864108ISBN-10:1947864106UPC:9781947864108Book Category:History, ScienceBook Subcategory:Historiography, HistorySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.88 inchesWeight:1.3911Product ID:SCGY2E3AG4
Krakauer, David C.: - David C. Krakauer is the President and William H. Miller Professor of Complex Systems at the Santa Fe Institute. An evolutionary biologist by training, he served as the founding director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and currently co-directs the Collective Computation Group.Gaddis, John Lewis: - John Lewis Gaddis is the Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and...
Publisher: Santa Fe Institute Press
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