@article{1437316,
      recid = {1437316},
      author = {Crawford, Ian A.,},
      title = {Expanding worldviews : astrobiology, big history and  cosmic perspectives /},
      pages = {1 online resource (376 pages) :},
      note = {International conference proceedings.},
      abstract = {This book collates papers presented at two international  conferences (held at the Australian National University in  2018 and Birkbeck College London in 2019) exploring the  relationships between big history and astrobiology and  their wider implications for society. These two relatively  new academic disciplines aim to integrate human history  with the wider history of the universe and the search for  life elsewhere. The book will show that, despite  differences in emphasis, big history and astrobiology share  much in common, especially their interdisciplinary  approaches and the cosmic and evolutionary perspectives  that they both engender. Specifically, the book addresses  the unified, all-embracing, nature of knowledge, the impact  of big history on humanity and the world at large, the  possible impact of SETI on astrobiology and big history,  the cultural signature of Earth's inhabitants beyond the  atmosphere, and the political implications of a planetary  worldview. The principal readership is envisaged to  comprise scholars working in the fields of astrobiology,  big history and space exploration interested in forging  interdisciplinary links between these diverse topics,  together with educators, and a wider public, interested in  the societal implications of the cosmic and evolutionary  perspectives engendered by research in these fields.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1437316},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70482-7},
}