Kostnadsfri provperiod på The Great Courses Signature Collection eller köp
Avsnitt
- S1 A1 – What Is Big History?17 juli 202432minIs it possible to tell a story of everything, from the big bang up to the present day? This episode introduces the background and unique aspects of this broad, multidisciplinary perspective on history.Kostnadsfri provperiod på The Great Courses Signature Collection eller köp
- S1 A2 – Moving across Multiple Scales17 juli 202430minMost history series cover time spans of a few decades or a few centuries, but big history requires us to survey the past over scales that span billions of years. This episode explores ways to become more familiar with the immense scales needed to cover the modern creation story.Kostnadsfri provperiod på The Great Courses Signature Collection eller köp
- S1 A3 – Simplicity and Complexity17 juli 202430minIn this episode, we introduce one of the unifying themes of the series: the development of increasing complexity since the creation of the Universe. Here, we'll examine the definition of complexity and ask how our Universe builds more complex entities.Kostnadsfri provperiod på The Great Courses Signature Collection eller köp
- S1 A4 – Evidence and the Nature of Science17 juli 202431minWhy should we trust the claims of modern science about events in the distant past? This episode lays some ground rules about evidence for proving scientific claims and describes how new dating techniques have allowed scientists to peer further back into the past than previously thought possible.Kostnadsfri provperiod på The Great Courses Signature Collection eller köp
- S1 A5 – Threshold 1—Origins of Big Bang Cosmology17 juli 202431minWe encounter the first threshold of complexity (the creation of the Universe at the moment of the big bang) and explore the scientific evidence that allows us to piece together this ever-evolving story of creation.Kostnadsfri provperiod på The Great Courses Signature Collection eller köp
- S1 A6 – How Did Everything Begin?17 juli 202430minThis episode surveys the history of different ideas about the creation of the Universe, from Ptolemaic theories of an Earth-centered cosmos to the modern notion of a constantly expanding Universe.Kostnadsfri provperiod på The Great Courses Signature Collection eller köp
- S1 A7 – Threshold 2—The First Stars and Galaxies17 juli 202431minHow did the Universe change from a cloud of dust to a constellation of stellar bodies? This episode describes how gravity was fundamental in crossing the second threshold of the series: the creation of stars and galaxies from huge clouds of hydrogen and helium atoms.Kostnadsfri provperiod på The Great Courses Signature Collection eller köp
- S1 A8 – Threshold 3—Making Chemical Elements17 juli 202430minStars created the preconditions for crossing a third threshold of complexity: the formation of chemical elements. As stars collapse and die, they fuse to create new atoms that are the building blocks of all the complex chemicals that make up our Earth.Kostnadsfri provperiod på The Great Courses Signature Collection eller köp
- S1 A9 – Threshold 4—The Earth and the Solar System17 juli 202429minWith this episode, we shift from the scale of the Universe to that of our solar system. Here we examine the processes by which planets and solar systems are created and the evidence that helps us piece together this part of the story.Kostnadsfri provperiod på The Great Courses Signature Collection eller köp
- S1 A10 – The Early Earth—A Short History17 juli 202431minThe tumultuous early history of the Earth is presented in this episode, including the development of our planet's internal layers, the generation of its magnetic field, the creation of the first seas, and the appearance of its early atmosphere.Kostnadsfri provperiod på The Great Courses Signature Collection eller köp
- S1 A11 – Plate Tectonics and the Earth's Geography17 juli 202431minIn this episode, we examine the history of the Earth's surface and learn how the notion of our planet as fixed and unchanging was eventually overturned by a new vision of the Earth's crust as broken into plates that are constantly on the move.Kostnadsfri provperiod på The Great Courses Signature Collection eller köp
- S1 A12 – Threshold 5—Life17 juli 202430minWith the consideration of the next threshold of complexity, life, we develop a definition of life itself, and begin to consider how life-forms adapt and change over time.Kostnadsfri provperiod på The Great Courses Signature Collection eller köp
- S1 A13 – Darwin and Natural Selection17 juli 202431minIn "On the Origin of Species," Charles Darwin revealed a new story: an account of how all living species change and adapt. This lecture recounts how Darwin arrived at his revolutionary theory, and how he shared his ideas with contemporaries who were making similar breakthroughs.Kostnadsfri provperiod på The Great Courses Signature Collection eller köp
- S1 A14 – The Evidence for Natural Selection17 juli 202431minIn this episode, we examine the various kinds of evidence Darwin used to establish his theory of natural selection, including the fossil record, similarities among species, and the geographic distribution of species. We also review modern evidence of natural selection.Kostnadsfri provperiod på The Great Courses Signature Collection eller köp
- S1 A15 – The Origins of Life17 juli 202431minHow was life first created from non-life? Modern biologists tell a complex story of the creation of life which involves the development of organic matter from simpler molecules such as amino acids, nucleic acids, sugars, and proteins.Kostnadsfri provperiod på The Great Courses Signature Collection eller köp
- S1 A16 – Life on Earth—Single-celled Organisms17 juli 202429minHere, study the first four (out of eight) major evolutionary transitions, embracing the first 3 billion years of the Earth’s history, a period in which all living organisms consisted of single cells.Kostnadsfri provperiod på The Great Courses Signature Collection eller köp
- S1 A17 – Life on Earth—Multi-celled Organisms17 juli 202432minThe fusion of single-celled organisms into larger, multi-celled organisms c. 600 million years ago marked a turning point in the development of life forms on this planet. In this lecture, we focus on the evolution of multi-cellular organisms, tracing four evolutionary steps leading to our own species, "Homo sapiens."Kostnadsfri provperiod på The Great Courses Signature Collection eller köp
- S1 A18 – Hominines17 juli 202431minHow did modern humans evolve from ape-like ancestors? This episode surveys the evolution of primates and great apes, and then traces the adaptive development of hominines, a group of bipedal primates that appeared in Africa 7 million years ago.Kostnadsfri provperiod på The Great Courses Signature Collection eller köp
- S1 A19 – Evidence on Hominine Evolution17 juli 202431minTo construct the story of hominine evolution, scientists rely on three kinds of evidence: archaeological evidence, evidence based on the study of modern primates, and evidence based on genetic comparisons between modern species of primates, including ourselves.Kostnadsfri provperiod på The Great Courses Signature Collection eller köp
- S1 A20 – Threshold 6—What Makes Humans Different?17 juli 202431minHuman beings represent a new threshold of complexity in the story of life on Earth. In this episode, we examine two things that make us unique: use of symbolic language and collective learning.Kostnadsfri provperiod på The Great Courses Signature Collection eller köp
- S1 A21 – "Homo sapiens"—The First Humans17 juli 202431minDoes the archaeological record reveal when the first members of our species appeared? In this episode, we examine evidence from the Stone Age and consider several theories of the early history of the first humans.Kostnadsfri provperiod på The Great Courses Signature Collection eller köp
- S1 A22 – Paleolithic Lifeways17 juli 202431minUsing remains left behind by our ancestors and studies of modern societies that still use stone technologies, modern researchers have constructed a portrait of the Paleolithic way of life. In this episode, we enter into this world and learn what life was like for our distant ancestors.Kostnadsfri provperiod på The Great Courses Signature Collection eller köp
- S1 A23 – Change in the Paleolithic Era17 juli 202432minChange was gradual over the course of the long Paleolithic era, but there were some significant shifts that altered lifeways for human beings. These include climate changes during two ice ages, the rise of various technological innovations, and adaptive migration to nearly all parts of the globe.Kostnadsfri provperiod på The Great Courses Signature Collection eller köp
- S1 A24 – Threshold 7—Agriculture17 juli 202430minThe appearance of agriculture set human history off in entirely new directions by increasing human control of food, energy, and other resources. The development of agriculture brings about changes in the environment and lays the foundation for the development of more complex human societies.Kostnadsfri provperiod på The Great Courses Signature Collection eller köp
- S1 A25 – The Origins of Agriculture17 juli 202430minWhy, after 200,000 years of foraging, should human communities in quite different parts of the world take up agriculture almost simultaneously? In this episode, we explore the different factors leading to this innovation.Kostnadsfri provperiod på The Great Courses Signature Collection eller köp
Se alla 48 avsnitt
Detaljer
Mer information
- Ljudspråk
- English
- Undertexter
- English [CC]
- Producenter
- The Great Courses
- Rollbesättning
- David Christian
- Studio
- The Great Courses
Genom att klicka på spela upp godkänner du våra användarvillkor.