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Chargement... The Universe Story : From the Primordial Flaring Forth to the Ecozoic Era--A Celebration of the Unfolding of the Cosmospar Brian Swimme
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"Grounded in contemporary scientific understanding and inspired by the world's great wisdom traditions, cosmologist Brian Swimme and cultural historian Thomas Berry meld the findings of contemporary science - cosmology, geology, biology, and sociology - with the human search for meaning. The resulting account articulates fifteen billion years of existence with awe, delight, and vision." "Swimme and Berry remind us of the importance of story - "story is the only way of providing, in our times, what the mythic stories of the universe provided for tribal peoples and for the earlier classical civilizations in their times." In a richly detailed narrative of epic sweep, they recount the unfolding of the universe, from the "primordial flaring forth" and the formation of galaxies and supernovas to the "human emergence," classical civilizations, and imminent Ecozoic era." "The Universe Story compellingly explores humanity's place in the evolving cosmos and our ecological imperative. Crippling the Earth's biodiversity, "we are deciding what species will live or perish, we are determining the chemical structure of the soil and the air and the water, we are mapping out the areas of wilderness that will be allowed to function in their own natural modalities." This, Swimme and Berry remind us, "is filled with risk and presumption," for "the story of the Earth is also the story of the human."" "Honoring "the special capacity of the human to enable the universe and the planet Earth to reflect on and to celebrate ... in our music and our art, our dance and our poetry, and in our religious rituals," Swimme and Berry urge that we honor the knowledge gained by centuries of scientific inquiry with reverence, entrancement, and a commitment to renewal. Such joyous commitment is essential, for "there is eventually only one story, the story of the universe. Every form of being is integral with this comprehensive story. Nothing is itself without everything else.""--Jacket. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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When I say it personifies everything, it does so by giving everything a name. The supernova preceding the solar system and our sun? Let's call it Tiamat! The first living being is a prokaryotic cell? Why don't we call it Aries? No, not after the Greek God of War, silly; we named him after some Egyptian thing. Not to belittle Egyptian mythology, which is actually awesome, but when you combine the two ideas of science and mythology it just irritates me.
I am used to the idea of the Universe being the end result of a number of stochastic processes. Just random stuff being reined in by some basic laws like Gravitation and the three other fundamental forces. When you personify the universe, it should be really compelling, but it isn't. I understand that there is a delicate Goldilocks zone that makes our entire existence possible. If Gravity was just slightly stronger, if we were just slightly further from or closer to our Sun, Life would not have happened. That doesn't mean you need to explain it by gving the Universe sentience.
Thankfully I got this book from the Library and didn't pay anything for it. ( )