Big history is a new research direction within which the single successive process of development of the Universe is studied - from the moment of the Big Bang to the present. The interdisciplinary project The Big History Project was founded by Bill Gates and David Christian with the goal of developing a holistic course in the history of space, Earth, life and humanity and teaching it around the world. This book, written at the intersection of the natural and human sciences - physics, geology, astronomy, history, sociology and others - is a rich summary 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 dynamics that human achievements and culture generate. Starting from the fact that the birth of the Universe is as much a 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 emergence and complexity of the elements of our universe, the logic of their improvement. and risks of destruction.