Big History and the Future of Humanity presents an original theoretical approach that makes "big history" – the placing of the human past within the history of life, the Earth, and the Universe -- accessible to general readers while revealing insights into what the future may hold for humanity.

• Provides an accessible and original overview of the entire sweep of history that places human history within the history of life, the Earth, and the Universe
• Features an original theory of "big history" which explains all of history and opens up an entirely new interdisciplinary research agenda
• Offers new insights into the future of humanity by better understanding the past
• Presents a new approach to complexity studies, which takes into account the greatest galaxy clusters as well as the tiniest sub-atomic particles