Education and Understanding: Big History Around the World (From Big Bang to Galactic Civilization: A Big History Anthol)

Big History engages with the universe’s grand narrative, and provides a dynamic connection between the past, present and future. Our collection is divided into three volumes and is the first comprehensive global anthology of Big History. This second volume—Education and Understanding Big History around the World—considers the role of Big History in education and creativity, in the exploration of meaning, and in life experiences around our planet. This book will challenge and excite your vision of life and home. Together with the authors, readers will engage in a fascinating intellectual voyage and come to an understanding of our shared origins and futures.

Barry Rodrigue is a geographer, archaeologist and historian who works as a Research Professor at the Eurasian Center for Megahistory and System Forecasting. A founder of the International Big History Association, Rodrigue has served as their International Coordinator and is a founding member of the Asian Big History Association.

Leonid Grinin is Senior Research Professor at the Institute for Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and Deputy Director of its Eurasian Center for Megahistory and System Forecasting.

Andrey Korotayev is Senior Research Professor at the Eurasian Center for Megahistory and System Forecasting, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences and Head of the Laboratory for Monitoring Sociopolitical Destabilization Risks, National Research University, Higher School of Economics.