David Christian Books

I have long been a fan of David Christian. IN Origin Story, he elegantly weaves evidence and insights from many scientific and historical disciplines into a single, accessible historical narrative Bill Gates

Every second of our lives - whether we're looking both ways before crossing the street, celebrating the birth of a baby, or moving to a new city - we must cope with an unknowable future. How do we do this? And how do we, like most living organisms, manage this impossible challenge quite well... at least most of the time? David Christian, historian and bestselling author of Origin Story, is renowned for pioneering the emerging discipline of Big History, which surveys the whole of the past. But with Future Stories, he casts his sharp analytical eye forward, offering an introduction to the strange world of the future, and a guide to what we think we know about it at all scales, from the predictive mechanisms of single-celled organisms and tomato plants to the merging of colossal galaxies billions of years from now. Drawing together science and history, philosophy and theology from a huge range of places and times, Christian explores how we prepare for uncertain futures, including the future of human evolution, artificial intelligence, interstellar travel, and more. By linking the study of the past much more closely to the study of the future, we can begin to imagine what the world will look like in the next hundred years and consider solutions to the biggest challenges facing us all.

The first comprehensive book on footwork in martial arts covers everything you need to know to take your training to the next level. Footwork Wins Fights goes into great detail on everything you need to know about footwork, from: *Body Mechanics Basic and Clear Rules on how to move efficiently. *Comprehensive List of Footwork

A history of the world from the big bang to the present. "Big history" is a new approach to world history that joins the history of the world as a physical entity to human history. David Christian is the leading proponent of this approach to world history.

Most historians study the smallest slivers of time, emphasizing specific dates, individuals, and documents. But what would it look like to study the whole of history, from the big bang through the present day -- and even into the remote future? How would looking at the full span of time change the way we perceive the universe, the earth, and our very existence? These were the questions David Christian set out to answer when he created the field of "Big History," the most exciting new approach to understanding where we have been, where we are, and where we are going. In "Origin Story", Christian takes readers on a wild ride through the entire 13.8 billion years we've come to know as "history." By focusing on defining events (thresholds), major trends, and profound questions about our origins, Christian exposes the hidden threads that tie everything together -- from the creation of the planet to the advent of agriculture, nuclear war, and beyond. With stunning insights into the origin of the universe, the beginning of life, the emergence of humans, and what the future might bring, "Origin Story" boldly reframes our place in the cosmos.

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.

Power of The Pros explains in depth the techniques that the worlds hardest hitting fighters use to knock out and dominate their opponents. The book comes with 30 minutes of extensive companion videos, accessible on an exclusive webpage. (Link and password include in the book.) Each section explores another way that the worlds greatest boxers, kickboxers, and MMA fighters have used the laws of physics and biomechanics to generate massive power. The concepts are explained in a clear, no nonsense way, with lots of drills and examples to help you put these techniques to good use. The book and videos are from David Christian, lifetime martial artist and creator and producer of The Modern Martial Artist youtube channel. The channel has over 5 million views, with videos featured on The Guardian's webpage and Mixed Martial Arts .com.

Der Big Bang war der heißeste Augenblick der Weltgeschichte. Der Rest ist Abkühlung. Und die hatte Folgen: Atome und Sterne entstanden, die Erde und wir. Eingebettet in die Geschichte des Universums ist auch die Geschichte der Menschheit. David Christian erzählt die Historie der Welt anhand von acht Schwellenmomenten: von der Entstehung des Lebens bis zur Fotosynthese, von der Sprache bis zum menschgemachten Klimawandel. Sein Buch ist eine brillante Synthese der Erkenntnisse aus Astronomie, Biologie, Chemie und Physik. Und eine atemberaubende moderne Ursprungsgeschichte, die mit einem Ausblick auf die Zukunft endet, in der wir endlich die Verantwortung für den Planeten Erde übernehmen müssen.

What’s next? Eine Geschichte von übermorgen Woher sollen wir wissen, was in den nächsten hundert, tausend oder sogar einer Milliarde Jahre geschieht? So paradox es klingt: aus einem Geschichtsbuch. David Christian, der Begründer der Big History, die Erkenntnisse von Geologie, Astronomie und Biologie synthetisiert, hat es geschrieben. Es ist ein Leitfaden dafür, wie wir uns die Welt des fortgeschrittenen Anthropozäns vorzustellen haben, aber auch das Ende von allem. Eine Bedienungsanleitung für die Zukunft und ein historischer Rahmen, mit dessen Hilfe wir klarer sehen – bei der Suche nach Lösungen für die Herausforderungen, vor denen wir als Spezies stehen: Klimawandel und Artensterben. »David Christian bereitet uns auf die großen Herausforderungen vor, vor denen wir als Menschheit stehen.« Bill Gates

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