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# Big History

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Review: Excellend coffee table book. I highly recommend it. - As a typical coffee table book, there is less text than in a book without pictures. But I felt that the amount of text provided was enough for me to understand the topic. The book has plenty of pictures. I felt like I was reading the book version of the documentary "Cosmos" hosted by Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Like "Cosmos", this books explains the origins of both the universe, our solar system and of planet earth. It explains the origin of life in our planet, human evolution and the history of human kind to the present day through the lens of how humanity deals with earth in order to stay alive and reproduce. This a concept known as "Big History" as explained by David Christian who wrote the book "Origins" and wrote the foreword for "Big History". I came across this concept watching in YouTube the series "Crash Course Big History" hosted by John Green and Hank Green which I strongly recommend. I bought this book, "Big History", used for $17.04 from TextBookRush and was described as "Used-Good". I am still reading the book and I had found only two places where somebody underlined a few lines with a pencil and somebody left a finger print with something I cannot erase. Otherwise, the book looks and feels to me like a brand new book. I don't work for this bookseller. This is really an independent review. I am providing this information only because some people may be unwilling or unable to pay full price for this excellent book, and I believe the other reviewers who complain that this book is virtually unreadable in its electronic Kindle version. If you buy this book, buy the hardcover paper version like I did.
Review: Amazing chronology of history - I have read David Christian’s other books and have loved them so I purchased both of these from DK. I could not find a single difference (I looked through well over half of the pictorial references and then gave up). I think “New Edition” simply means they shrunk the size of the book. The table of contents is identical. The smaller paperback version is lighter and easier to read the text. But the graphics are much easier to appreciate in the larger size. I am glad I have both.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,069,179 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #589 in History Encyclopedias #670 in Cosmology (Books) #3,116 in History & Philosophy of Science (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars (240) |
| Dimensions  | 10.25 x 1.25 x 12 inches |
| ISBN-10  | 1465454438 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1465454430 |
| Item Weight  | 5.62 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 440 pages |
| Publication date  | October 11, 2016 |
| Publisher  | Dk Pub |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellend coffee table book. I highly recommend it.
*by E***A on August 13, 2021*

As a typical coffee table book, there is less text than in a book without pictures. But I felt that the amount of text provided was enough for me to understand the topic. The book has plenty of pictures. I felt like I was reading the book version of the documentary "Cosmos" hosted by Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Like "Cosmos", this books explains the origins of both the universe, our solar system and of planet earth. It explains the origin of life in our planet, human evolution and the history of human kind to the present day through the lens of how humanity deals with earth in order to stay alive and reproduce. This a concept known as "Big History" as explained by David Christian who wrote the book "Origins" and wrote the foreword for "Big History". I came across this concept watching in YouTube the series "Crash Course Big History" hosted by John Green and Hank Green which I strongly recommend. I bought this book, "Big History", used for $17.04 from TextBookRush and was described as "Used-Good". I am still reading the book and I had found only two places where somebody underlined a few lines with a pencil and somebody left a finger print with something I cannot erase. Otherwise, the book looks and feels to me like a brand new book. I don't work for this bookseller. This is really an independent review. I am providing this information only because some people may be unwilling or unable to pay full price for this excellent book, and I believe the other reviewers who complain that this book is virtually unreadable in its electronic Kindle version. If you buy this book, buy the hardcover paper version like I did.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazing chronology of history
*by A***R on July 27, 2024*

I have read David Christian’s other books and have loved them so I purchased both of these from DK. I could not find a single difference (I looked through well over half of the pictorial references and then gave up). I think “New Edition” simply means they shrunk the size of the book. The table of contents is identical. The smaller paperback version is lighter and easier to read the text. But the graphics are much easier to appreciate in the larger size. I am glad I have both.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Not what I expected
*by L***L on December 2, 2020*

No doubt this is a lovely and interesting coffee table book, but it’s format is difficult to read as a Kindle book. The book begins with the Big Bang!

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