History, Big History, & Metahistory

David C. Krakauer, Kenneth Pomeranz, John Gaddis — 2018

Is there a "science of history"? Must historians be scientists? What is "history" anyway? Celebrated researchers and historians--including Pulitzer-Prize winner John Lewis Gaddis and Nobel laureate Murray Gell-Mann--debate these complex questions in this thoughtful collection of essays.