Big History - From the Big Bang until Today
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| Rating | 4.5★ based on 43 ratings |
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| Length | 5 weeks |
| Effort | 4 weeks of study, 3-5 hours/week |
| Starts | Oct 31 (21 weeks ago) |
| Cost | $49 |
| From | University of Amsterdam via Coursera |
| Instructor | Esther Quaedackers |
| Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Humanities Art & Design Engineering Science |
| Tags | History Arts And Humanities Physical Science And Engineering Physics And Astronomy |
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Tiene muchos años que estoy interesado en la Big History, y este curso ha sido una excelente propuesta (los "pequeños grandes relatos") para aprender del tema.
Antony Harper <[email protected]> 9:50 AM (5 minutes ago) to E.Ouaedackers Dear Dr. Quaedackers, I have just finished the Coursera course, Big History: From the Big Bang until Today, and found it a very worthwhile experience.
While time per presentation is of the essence and the focus of the course was well established, it would have been interesting to have each presenter, either as a portion of their presentation or as a text addendum to the presentation, comment on the perspective that Big History gives to their specific research.
In conjuction with your course, I purchased Prof. Spier’s Big History and the Future of Humanity and found it a very worthwhile companion.
Also, the position of Big History within formal academics, something that is currently only now being established, might be a valuable discussion topic to consider in the future.
Further, asking students to submit their own unanswered Big History questions at the end of the course might be enlightening to both the student population and the presenters.
The little big history assignments seemed rather intimidating at first, but it greatly helped to engage with big history more deeply.
The resulting insight into Big History has already helped me to better understand environmental problems and reports of newly discovered planets.
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more time
It would have been nice if the portion of the course dealing with the history of life spent a bit more time on mechanisms, specifically with respect to recovery from mass extinctions, and it would have been equally nice if comparisons of evolved complexity of succeeding ecologies were made between mass extinctions.
Also note that Wignall suggests that biomass recovers quite quickly while biodiversity requires significantly more time to recover.
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This poses some interesting ecological problems with respect to food source, predators, pathogens, and biomass, perhaps worth some consideration in a future version of the course.
Phytosaurs to Crocodilians and with respect to the convergence of adaptive radiations themselves, e.g.
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| Rating | 4.5★ based on 43 ratings |
|---|---|
| Length | 5 weeks |
| Effort | 4 weeks of study, 3-5 hours/week |
| Starts | Oct 31 (21 weeks ago) |
| Cost | $49 |
| From | University of Amsterdam via Coursera |
| Instructor | Esther Quaedackers |
| Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Humanities Art & Design Engineering Science |
| Tags | History Arts And Humanities Physical Science And Engineering Physics And Astronomy |
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