Origin story : (Record no. 635337)
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| fixed length control field | 01866nam a22001817a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780141983028 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 909 |
| Item number | CHR/O |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Christian,David |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Origin story : |
| Sub Title | a big history of everything/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | by David Christian |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Part I: Cosmos <br/>Chapter 1.In the beginning: Threshold 1 --<br/>Chapter 2.Stars and galaxies: Thresholds 2 and 3 --<br/>Chapter 3.Molecules and moons: Threshold 4 --<br/>Part II: Biosphere--<br/>Chapter 4.Life: Threshold 5 --<br/>Chapter 5.Little life and the biosphere --<br/>Chapter 6.Big life and the biosphere --<br/>Part III: Us. <br/>Chapter 7.Humans: Threshold 6 --<br/>Chapter 8.Farming: Threshold 7 --<br/>Chapter 9. Agrarian civilizations <br/>Chapter 10. On the verge of today's world --<br/>Chapter 11.The Anthropocene: Threshold 8 --<br/>Part IV: The future--<br/>Chapter 12. Where is it all going? |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | This is the epic story of the universe and our place in it, from 13.8 billion years ago to the remote future. How did we get from the Big Bang to today's staggering complexity, in which seven billion humans are connected into networks powerful enough to transform the planet? David Christian gives the answers in a mind-expanding cosmological detective story told on the grandest possible scale. He traces how, during eight key thresholds, the right conditions have allowed new forms of complexity to arise, from stars to galaxies, Earth to homo sapiens, agriculture to fossil fuels. This global origin story is one that we could only begin to tell recently, thanks to the underlying unity of modern knowledge. Panoramic in scope and thrillingly told, Origin Story reveals what we learn about human existence when we consider it from a universal scale. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | World history |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Civilization--Philosophy |
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| Topical Term | Cosmology |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Human evolution |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Biocomplexity |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Book |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home Library | Current Location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Study Centre Alappuzha, University of Kerala | Study Centre Alappuzha, University of Kerala | 22/03/2022 | 499.00 | 909 CHR/O | USCA4900 | 22/03/2022 | Book |