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Three Big Bangs Matter-Energy, Life, Mind

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ISBN-10: 0231156391

ISBN-13: 9780231156394

Edition: 2011

Authors: Holmes Rolston III

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Rational explanations of the universe leave the spiritually curious cold, and religion-based theories tend to devalue the findings of science. By dividing the creation of matter, energy, life, and mind into three big bangs, Holmes Rolston III strikes a middle path between these two camps. He divines a history of the universe that respects both scientific discovery and the potential presence of an underlying intelligence.In Rolston's first bang, matter-energy appears, initially in simpler forms but with a remarkable capacity for generating heavier elements. The size and expansion rate of the universe, the nature of electromagnetism, gravity, and nuclear forces, and other cosmic features all…    
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Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 11/30/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 176
Size: 5.83" wide x 11.69" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

List of Illustrations
Preface
The Primordial Big Bang: Matter-Energy
Explosive Startup and Ongoing Expansion
A Singular Universe: Unfolding Order
Logical Explosion: A Theory of Everything?
A Biogenic/Anthropic Universe
Cosmic Results: Predictable and Surprising
Life: Earth's Big Bang
Proactive Genetic Information and Order
Explosions: Combinatorial and Evolutionary
Biodiversity and Biocomplexity
Expanding Neuro-sentience: Felt Experience
Escalating Co-option: Serendipity
Evolutionary Headings: Surprising or Inevitable?
Mind: The Human Big Bang
Theory of Mind: The Human Singularity
Hyperimmense Brain: Neural Explosion
Ideational Uniqueness: Cultural Explosion
Symbolic Explosion: Human Language
Mind: Predictable or Surprising?
Spirited Persons: The Ultimate Marvel
Presence with Presence
References
Index
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