Big History: Between Nothing and Everything
- ISBN-10
- 007803969X
- ISBN-13
- 9780078039690
- Series
- Big History
- Category
- Civilization
- Pages
- 442
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Authors
- David Christian, Craig Benjamin, Cynthia Stokes Brown
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