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About the Course

We currently face unprecedented challenges on a global scale. These problems do not neatly fall into disciplines. They are complicated, complex, and connected. Join us on this epic journey of 13.8 billion years starting at the Big Bang and travelling through time all the way to the future. Discover the connections in our world, the power of collective learning, how our universe and our world has evolved from incredible simplicity to ever-increasing complexity. Experience our modern scientific origin story through Big History and discover the important links between past, current, and future events. You will find two different types of lectures. ‘Zooming In’ lectures from multiple specialists enable you to understand key concepts through the lens of different disciplines, whilst David Christian's ‘Big History Framework’ lectures provide the connective overview for a journey through eight thresholds of Big History....

Top reviews

SA

Jul 1, 2020

I absolutely LOVED Big History! It's so interesting and insightful!! I highly recommend everyone to take this course, you will learn a lot about the world! Thank you Professor Christian and Baker!! :)

BG

Jan 6, 2016

Finally! A creation myth based on evidence and multiple scientific disciplines for all humans is here! The time for stories based on speculation and superstition for the chosen group is finally over.

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By Maggie M

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May 24, 2019

An amazing course. Well presented information. Easy to follow. Very useful. I have learnt a lot from this course. Highly recommended.

By Kat

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Apr 10, 2016

Loved this course and I am recommending it to everybody I meet. A truly refreshing perspective on life, the universe and everything!

By Severin K

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Feb 18, 2016

Truly insightful and enjoyable big picture course. Much effort must have gone into its preparation. Makes you want to to learn more.

By Kelly

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Nov 2, 2015

What a wonderful course! This is a unique perspective that links human history with science and the very beginnings of our universe.

By Jay S

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Aug 18, 2018

This is by far the most imaginative course I have ever been exposed to following a lifetime of classes at all levels of complexity.

By Elle B

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Jul 17, 2019

This is such an eye opening course! So interesting and engaging with all the information that blows your mind! Highly recommend.

By Varis H

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Jan 25, 2021

Amazing depiction of the world around us. The course was put together extremely well and was interesting the whole way through!

By Keerthi.G

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May 14, 2020

the course was really intriguing, was able to learn different disciplines in one course. really liked the video lectures too.

By Vivienne D

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Jun 25, 2016

Great course! I learned a lot and enjoyed it very much. Great to get all the extra reading material on the various subjects.

By AGUSTIN M R

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Jun 20, 2020

It is a great course backed by the experience and knowledge of Professor David Christian as a further guarantee of quality.

By Francisco J d O

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Sep 3, 2019

A connection of all knowledge into one line of understanding of our beautiful and mysterious universe. Thank you very much.

By Mohammed M A F

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Jun 28, 2017

Very Informative. It changed my perspective of science. A sincere thanks to all the team and specially Mr. David Christian.

By Campbell J G

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Sep 11, 2022

Excellent course. Highly recommended. A real delve into all aspects of history, from the beginning of time. An eye opener.

By Krisi N

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Aug 18, 2020

Transdisciplinarity at their best! The very course, the suplementary material, the instructors - all well done! Thank you!

By Daniel C

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Aug 15, 2020

A very comprehensive and insightful course that connects various discipline together into one unifying body of knowledge.

By VARSHA K

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Jul 15, 2020

i learnt many new terms and disciplines and also learnt how to connect those disciplines. it is really worthful course

By Omid M

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Jan 11, 2016

Thanks for creating this course in very well organized format and sharing such an incredible overview of the history!

By Abizer M

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Sep 29, 2016

This course certainly connected all the knowledge I had about the Universe and where we are heading towards and why.

By Kirsty A

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Aug 29, 2018

Really worthwhile. A great overview of the history of the universe and taste of the different disciplines involved.

By Deleted A

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Apr 14, 2016

Absolutely amazing. Every detail of this course has been done with the perfect combination of precision and beauty.

By shakiba b

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Feb 25, 2016

Interesting and insightful for those who are looking to find their position in the history of the whole universe.

By ANA A

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Aug 13, 2020

This course provides a universal view of history. I was engaged from the first lesson! It is highly recommended.

By Bee_r

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Mar 11, 2017

good teachers,enlightened course gives me a way to go back and forward the big history about the whole uneverse

By Stephen C

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Jun 26, 2016

The best Coursera course I've taken so far! A daring and entertaining stab at a theory of everything :)

Thanks!

By Gary L

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Mar 17, 2021

Fascinating view of the World's history arguably with the right timescales for us to appreci2the present fully.