Big History - From the Big Bang until Today

阿姆斯特丹大学

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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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初级

完成时间大约为12 小时

英语（English）

字幕：英语（English）, 意大利语, 西班牙语（Spanish）, 德语（German）

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Esther Quaedackers

Lecturer in Big History

Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies - Faculty of Science

25,030 个学生

1 门课程

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阿姆斯特丹大学

A modern university with a rich history, the University of Amsterdam

(UvA) traces its roots back to 1632, when the Golden Age school Athenaeum Illustre was established to train students in trade and philosophy. Today, with more than 30,000 students, 5,000 staff and 285 study programmes (Bachelor's and Master's), many of which are taught in English, and a budget of more than 600 million euros, it is one of the largest comprehensive universities in Europe. It is a member of the League of European Research Universities and also maintains intensive contact with other leading research universities around the world.

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周

周 1

完成时间为 24 分钟

Introduction

完成时间为 24 分钟

4 个视频（总计 24 分钟）

4 个视频

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

How big is big history?6分钟

What are little big histories?4分钟

Can big history reunify all our knowledge?7分钟

完成时间为 3 小时

Cosmic History

完成时间为 3 小时

9 个视频（总计 80 分钟）, 2 个阅读材料, 2 个测验

9 个视频

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

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

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

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

Why are massive stars so important to us?6分钟

How do stars die?7分钟

What does our cosmic neighbourhood look like?9分钟

Does our Solar System have a history?7分钟

What is underlying all of big history?9分钟

2 个阅读材料

A tour of cosmic history10分钟

Little Big History Example Connections10分钟

1 个练习

Cosmic history30分钟

周

周 2

完成时间为 3 小时

The History of Earth and Life

完成时间为 3 小时

10 个视频（总计 90 分钟）, 2 个阅读材料, 2 个测验

10 个视频

How did life emerge on Earth?11分钟

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

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

How did life develop on the early Earth?5分钟

What happened on our planet during mass extinctions?8分钟

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

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

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

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

Can we develop a theory of the biosphere?9分钟

2 个阅读材料

A tour of the history of Earth and life10分钟

Little Big History Example Connections10分钟

1 个练习

The history of Earth and life30分钟

周

周 3

完成时间为 4 小时

Human History

完成时间为 4 小时

15 个视频（总计 139 分钟）, 1 个阅读材料, 2 个测验

15 个视频

Why did people start to farm?7分钟

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

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

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

How are civilizations influenced by climate change?13分钟

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

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

What made industrial production possible?9分钟

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

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

How is our international financial system developing?10分钟

How are financial institutions affecting society?6分钟

How is artificial intelligence developing?9分钟

How will artificial intelligence influence your future?5分钟

Can we construct a theory of human history?14分钟

1 个阅读材料

A tour of human history10分钟

1 个练习

Human history30分钟

周

周 4

完成时间为 1 小时

Wrap up

完成时间为 1 小时

2 个视频（总计 14 分钟）

2 个视频

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

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

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Big History - From the Big Bang until Today