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Mr. Big History – David Christian – is out with a new book

I don’t see why not. We all know that good science can be awe-inspiring. With the very wide angle lens of Big History, you can see we live at an astonishing moment in the history not just of humanity, but of planet Earth. Like it or not, humans are beginning to manage the entire planet. We have to learn to do it well, and learn very fast indeed. ...

Read entire article at The Australian