大历史
Bighistoryproject.com——为高中生和自学者提供的大历史课程，于 2013 年上线。
Brown, Cynthia Stokes. Big History: From the Big Bang to the Present. 2nd ed. New York: New Press, 2012．First published in 2007.
Chaisson, Eric J. Cosmic Evolution: The Rise of Complexity in Nature. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001.
Christian, David. Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History. 2nd ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011.
Christian, David. “Big History: The Big Bang, Life on Earth, and the Rise of Humanity.” The Teaching Company, Course No. 8050 （2008）. www.thegreatcourses.com/tgc/courses/course_detail.aspx?cid=8050 [April 4, 2012].
Spier, Fred. Big History and the Future of Humanity. Chichester, West Sussex, UK; Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
普通科学
Angier, Natalie. The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2007.
Hazen, Robert M., and James Trefil. Science Matters: Achieving Scientific Literacy. 2nd ed. New York: Anchor Books, 2009.
一般世界史
Christian, David. This Fleeting World: A Short History of Humanity. Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire Publishing Group, 2008.
McNeill, William H., and J. R. McNeill. The Human Web: A Bird’s-Eye View of World History. New York: Norton, 2003.
① Blaise Pascal, Pensées （1670）, No. 72.
② James Boswell, Life of Johnson..., with additions and notes by J. W. Croker, 1831, vol 1453 [originally published 1763].