Sentences with phrase «of big history»

In the latest version of his big history he criticises their work, without seeming to have properly understood it.

versión castellano From the transdisciplinary perspective of the Big History, the Earth is a self - eco-organized system structured through sophisticated processes of co-evolution between living and non-living organisms.

For me, the four great regimes of big history are cosmos, earth, life, and humanity.

Where did the notion of big history come from?

And he expanded the scope of big history by adding to it his concept of the contingency — the rare, unexpected event (like an asteroid collision) that changes the world in a blink.

Not exact matches

In addition to the underperformance from the energy sector after U.S. military strikes in the Mideast, big oil stocks like Exxon Mobil and Chevron, which have a longer history than the ETFs, as well as the price of crude oil, have also trailed the market.

«Foxconn has a history of talking big and not necessarily delivering on their commitments,» Alliance president Scott Paul said.

But what is certain is that a 29 - year - old — and not a 59 - year - old — was the source of one of the biggest leaks in United States history.

He has the dubious distinction of being the only starting quarterback in Super Bowl history to fail to complete a single pass in the big game.

One Belt, One Road represents China's biggest overseas spending effort ever, a project that, adjusted for inflation, is at least 12 times the size of the Marshall Plan, the history - changing U.S. program that helped rebuild Western Europe from rubble after World War II.

At other moments in history — like three months ago, for example — the «big deal» in Trump's remarks might have been confirmation that he intends to overhaul (sorry, «tweak») the trade rules that are the foundation of Canada's economic well - being.

«All of us in positions of power — politicians, parents, chief executives and educators — must see ourselves as part of history's bigger picture and ask, «What is my responsibility to the republic?»»

Even without Facebook's current predicament, the history of big consumer tech companies dealing with medical data is not without blemish.

This year's 29th installment, which kicks off March 11, could be the biggest yet with some of the most prominent speakers in the event's history.

The New Jersey — based company has a recent history of anointing the next big thing in biotech.

In the other 8 cases, the incumbent party lost, including at least 3 of the biggest political turning points in US history (1860, 1932, 1980).

But what emerged is a story of a company trapped by an overly ambitious launch schedule, an inexperienced leadership team expected to deal with the biggest crisis in the firm's history, and a sophisticated retail giant felled by the most mundane, basic and embarrassing of errors.

Corman is also credited with discovering Jack Nicholson, who appeared in many of the filmmaker's productions before becoming one of the biggest movie stars in history.

Hsieh is conducting one of the biggest experiments in management history, but one in seven employees didn't want to take part.

Apple today announced «the biggest advancement in the history of the iPhone,» a larger 5.5 ″ model dubbed the iPhone 6 Plus, with a slimmer design and the usual bevy of new features.

It was the biggest deal in the company's history, but last February it announced a $ 2.49 - billion writedown after finding out that the gold at Red Back's Tasiast mine was of a lower grade than previously thought.

That may mean leaving Nike, or Coe may feel that the long history of his relationship there makes it no big deal.

The upset came just a day after the ten - year anniversary of Appalachian State's wild upset over Michigan in Ann Arbor, but as ESPN notes, that game did not have a spread archived at the time it was played, making Howard's win the biggest upset in history in the context of Vegas lines.

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Because of its dominance at the box office, it recently surpassed Titanic to become the third biggest release in U.S. history.

As an established company, you have a big advantage over the Tumblrs and Ubers of the world: history.

«To beat Venus Williams on the center court, one of the biggest champions in our history, that (gave me) goosebumps all over the place,» she told reporters.

During recent years, Werklund has been focusing on philanthropy — in March he donated $ 16 million to Olds College, the biggest single donation in Alberta colleges» history — after stepping down from executive control of his company Canadian Crude Separators in 2010.

The Mother Of All Bubbles And Biggest Bubble in Human History Comes Down Crashing.

«Your individual biology, your health history and ever - fluctuating state of well - being, where you go, what you spend, how you sleep, what you put in your body and what comes out» — that rich - but - messy heap of information, more than anything else, is what's driving these companies together, write Erika Fry and Sy Mukherjee in their terrific cover story for Fortune's April 1 issue («Big Data Meets Biology»), which we're posting online today.

At its core, the market sell - off, which shoved the Dow Jones industrial average nearly 1,600 points lower Monday in the biggest intraday point drop in history, showed traders adjusting to signs of firmer economic growth and, potentially, a resurgence of long - dormant inflation.

Movie booking site Fandango told Variety that the film has become the biggest pre-seller in the history of the ticketing company, besting the inaugural installment of The Hunger Games.

«Pulitzer Prize - winner James B. Stewart shows for the first time how four of the eighties» biggest names on Wall Street — Michael Milken, Ivan Boesky, Martin Siegel, and Dennis Levine — created the greatest insider - trading ring in financial history and almost walked away with billions, until a team of downtrodden detectives triumphed over some of America's most expensive lawyers to bring this powerful quartet to justice.»

Valued at $ 7 billion, Zynga was the biggest initial public offering in gaming history, and — at that time — the largest tech IPO since that of Google in 2004.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- The company formerly known as Yahoo is paying a $ 35 million fine to resolve federal regulators» charges that the online pioneer deceived investors by failing to disclose one of the biggest data breaches in internet history.

Hulu, meanwhile, made Emmy history as a streaming service winning the night's biggest award, while actress Elisabeth Moss also picked up her first Emmy (after being nominated seven times before, but never winning, for Mad Men and Top of the Lake) in the Best Actress category for The Handmaid's Tale.

Including Gateway, Enbridge's North American oil pipeline program «is probably the biggest capital expansion in the history of the company,» says Vern Yu, vice-president for business and market development.

The most beloved (and sometimes hated) Big Tech company in history has chosen to focus attention mostly on the iPhone brand, but that has opened up a world of opportunity for Dell.

They included 1987 (biggest one - day stock market crash in history); 1990 (Iraq and then the United States invaded Kuwait, sending oil prices up and causing a recession); 2001 and 2002 (the dot - com crash and September 11 created two years of market losses); and 2008 (the Great Recession).

The sale of Scotiabank's Toronto headquarters will likely be the biggest real estate deal in Canadian history.

The true history of net neutrality in the U.S. isn't that it magically showed up in 2015; it's the story of big broadband providers pushing back at net neutrality protections for 15 years.

The other high - profile event of 2014, the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014, with 239 passengers and crew, has become one of the biggest mysteries in the history of aviation.

«These are big companies, really concerned with their strategic direction,» said Lawrence Glickman, a Cornell history professor and the author of «Buying Power: A History of Consumer Activism in America.history professor and the author of «Buying Power: A History of Consumer Activism in America.History of Consumer Activism in America.»

That kind of bold artistic vision pays off: Activision Blizzard announced this week that it shipped $ 500 million worth of games to retailers, good enough to make Destiny «the biggest new video game franchise launch in history.»

His biggest victory this year may have come at the end of October, when Tesla announced that it had its second profitable quarter in the company's history, shocking analysts who thought that the company would be reporting yet another loss.

In the U.S., which has a longer history and larger population of multi-generational wealthy families, the industry is much bigger, established and more diverse.

Marvel has a pretty well - established history of remixing and streamlining the best and most iconic of the many looks each of its characters have sported over the years for their big - screen adaptations (in a funny bit of symmetry, the movie designs usually end up influencing how a character will look in the comics afterward).

«It is truly unfortunate that this announcement is occurring amidst the aftermath of one of the biggest tragedies in the history» of Houston, the release said, referencing the extensive flooding in the city caused by Hurricane Harvey.

Meanwhile, consumers are still coming to terms with the implications of the 500 million account hack, which appears to be the biggest such incident in history.

That would be the biggest one - day slump in stock market history, by more than double, besting the 777 point plunge that happened on October 29, 2008, at the high of the panic surrounding the financial crisis.