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Fred Spier

anthropologist, University of Amsterdam

http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/f.spier/

Fred Spier is Senior Lecturer in Big History. As of 1994, he has organized the annual big history course at the University of Amsterdam, while since 2003 he has also taught the annual big history university lecture series at the Eindhoven University of Technology. [more]

Onset of Civilization and Prospects for the Future I

October 12, 2005

Fred Speir and Jill Tarter examine the continuously unfolding story of cosmic evolution, the modern scientific story of who we are and whence we came.

Onset of Civilization and Prospects for the Future II

October 12, 2005

Fred Speir and Jill Tarter examine the continuously unfolding story of cosmic evolution, the modern scientific story of who we are and whence we came.

The Structure of Big History: From the Big Bang until Today

Author: Fred Spier

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press (1996)

Binding: Paperback, 120 pages

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