Resources

With big history taught at over 30 universities around the world, a growing number of topical resources have emerged on the subject that are available for general public. 

TED

• http://www.ted.com/talks/david_christian_big_history.html, David Christian

Books 

• Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History, David Christian
• Big History: From the Big Bang to the Present, Cynthia Stokes Brown
• Big History and the Future of Humanity, Fred Spier
• This Fleeting World: A Short History of Humanity, David Christian
• Cosmic Evolution: The Rise of Complexity in Nature, Eric Chaisson
• A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson

DVDs 

• Big History, David Christian

Articles

• “Forum on Big History” World History Connected, Vol. 6, No. 3 

Timelines

• Overview timeline 
• Compressed timeline 
• Thresholds of increasing complexity 

Project Questions

• Frequently Asked Questions