Just as a panoramic image provides a broad view; Panorama provides a ground-breaking; broad view of the world’s history by reaching across regional boundaries and highlighting large-scale; global patterns. Panorama’s easily understood chronology; coupled with its innovative; proven digital tools; ensures that learners are always moving forward as they study change and continuity across time; assess knowledge gaps; and mold critical thinking skills. The result is improved course performance through greater understanding of our world’s past; its large-scale global trends; and its impact on and relevance to 21st-century students.
#539556 in Books 2013-08-09Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 10.70 x .60 x 8.50l; 1.55 #File Name: 0073385611352 pages
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. What you have inherited from the past 13.82 billion years.By Lowell GustafsonAlong with Cynthia Brown and Craig Benjamin; David Christian draws on physics; astronomy; chemistry; biology; anthropology; and other fields to tell the coherent; evidence based story of the stages from the Big Bang 13.82 billion years ago until now; with reasoned expectations for the future. It places the written record of the human past within the natural record of the entire past. The periods of the past are embedded now in what we are made of and how we are made. The common origin of everything in a singularity of infinite heat and density without mass; of all life on earth from the Last Universal Common Ancestor; of all humans from a sturdy band of Africans about 200;000 years ago is a powerful story. You are made of hydrogen atoms that were likely formed soon after the Big Bang and carbon that was formed in a star at least five billion years ago. The gold in the ring on your finger was made in a supernova. Our inheritance from the past is profound - and the authors explain it all well.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Goldilocks for HistoryBy Michael AdamsThis is the way I would have loved to be introduced to History as a youngster; to paraphrase Bill Gates. The study of history has reached a Goldilocks threshold;a phrase often used by David Christian; where it is possible to integrate all physical sciences into History because of the remarkable modern means developed to date almost everything in our universe. Above all the authors have made their subject matter accessible and interesting.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Totally five star textbook on Big HistoryBy DemIf you are interested in the so called "Big History" i.e. from Nothing (Big Bang) to Everything (today) then this is the place to start.A very readable textbook that introduces to this vast subject. Very clearly written but based on the best current scientific knowledgethat humanity has acquired. The photos; tables etc are very helpful. It is a totally five star textbook (my only grudge being that like most textbooks it is a bit pricey).
