Big History switches between different perspectives of time and space in order to tell the history of the Universe. What term is used to describe these perspectives?
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Big History is an academic discipline which examines history from the Big Bang to the present. Big History resists specialization, and searches for universal patterns or trends. It examines long time frames using a multidisciplinary approach based on combining numerous disciplines from science and the humanities,[1][2][3][4][5] and explores human existence in the context of this bigger picture.[6] It integrates studies of the cosmos, Earth, life, and humanity using empirical evidence to explore cause-and-effect relations,[7][8] and is taught at universities[9] and primary and secondary schools[10][11] often using web-based interactive presentations.[12][13][14]
A diagram of the Big Bang expansion according to NASA
Artist's depiction of the WMAP satellite gathering data to help scientists understand the Big Bang
Historian David Christian has been credited with coining the term "Big History" while teaching one of the first such courses at Macquarie University.[7][9][15] An all-encompassing study of humanity's relationship to cosmology[16] and natural history[17] has been pursued by scholars since the Renaissance, and the new field, Big History, continues such work.