The Great Matrix of Being
The four dimensions in the Great Matrix of Being give us four ways of measuring reality — by time, by scale, by energy density flow, and by thresholds of emergent complexity. All phenomena can be located within this Matrix.
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The Big Book on Big History: An Illuminated Manuscript
Dorling Kindersley Books (DK) recently published a four-hundred-page textbook on Big History with spectacular illustrations and content. This twenty-first century version of an illuminated manuscript might well be your best Bible to Big History. Big History also makes a great gift for growing minds. At five and a half pounds, this is not a book you’ll…
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The Universe Verse
The Universe Verse is the 13.7 billion year history of everything in 90 pages of illustrated verse produced by James Lu Dunbar.
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The History Manifesto
Leading historians David Armitage and Jo Guldi identify a recent shift back to longer-term narratives, following many decades of increasing specialization, which they argue is vital for the future of historical scholarship and how it is communicated.
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Connecting Kids to the Cosmos
Bob Bain’s TEDx talk on how the Big History Project is solving big problems in our schools.
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Reality Reconciles Science and Religion
This TEDx talk by Michael Dowd reconciles science and religion. “Reality is my God and evidence is my scripture. Big History is my creation story and ecology is my theology. Integrity is my salvation and right relationship to reality is my mission…”
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Metanexus: Transformational Networks and Ideas
Metanexus is an invented word to designate a new way of thinking and being in the universe.
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Contrarian: The Story of John Marks Templeton
Contrarian: A new documentary on the life of John Marks Templeton
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Remembering Ian Barbour
We remember Ian Barbour, who passed away on Christmas Eve 2013, by featuring his keynote lecture at the 2006 Metanexus conference.
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The Future Starts Here
Check out Tiffany Shlain’s AOL original online series of short videos on big questions about our high-tech world.
