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Unit 1 "What is Big History" + Unit 2/Threshold 1 "The Big Bang"

Terms in this set (16)

Big History
History of the Universe that uses evidence from many disciplines. Big History is a modern scientific origin story.
Interdisciplinary Approach
Uses viewpoints from many different scholars. Examples, historians, geologists, chemists.
Scale
Degrees of magnification or perspective, used to measure time, space, and size.
Thresholds of Increasing Complexity
Moments in the history of the Universe when specific ingredients under the right conditions come together to create something new and more complex.
Origin Story
A narrative about the beginning of the Universe and humanity.
Goldilocks Conditions
Conditions that are "just right" to enable greater complexity in the Universe.
ancestor
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
adapt
make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
century
a period of 100 years
complex
complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts
creature
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
history
the discipline that records and interprets past events including those events involving human beings
origin
an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
scientific
of or relating to the practice of science in an attempt to learn how the world and the universe works
universe
All of space and everything in it
version
an interpretation of an event from a particular viewpoint
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