Big History is a new research direction, within the framework of which a single successive process of the development of the Universe is studied - from the moment of the Big Bang to the present. The interdisciplinary The Big History Project was founded by Bill Gates and David Christian to develop a holistic course in the history of space, Earth, life and humanity and teach it around the world. This book, written at the intersection of the natural sciences and humanities - physics, geology, astronomy, history, sociology and others - is a rich generalization of the latest scientific ideas about the birth and development of the universe, the solar system, oceans, mountains and minerals, all life on Earth and about the dynamics that human achievements and culture generate. Starting with the fact that the birth of the Universe is the same miracle as everything else in the modern history of the origin of the world, together with the author you will trace the fascinating stages of the appearance and complication of the elements of our universe, the logic of their improvement - and the risks of destruction.