cosmology

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Evolution and cosmology which is our common creation story (that is beyond the stories of our individual religions), can not only inform us but inspire us to participate in life in such a way that enhances life for all.

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  1. noun The study of the physical universe considered as a totality of phenomena in time and space.
  2. noun The astrophysical study of the history, structure, and constituent dynamics of the universe.
  3. noun A specific theory or model of this structure and these dynamics.

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  • So that is both Aristotelian cosmology, and in a certain sense, medieval society. —  Lee Smolin on science and democracy
  • It's a kind of cosmology, and I have to develop a cosmology of my own universe, as the creator of that universe. —  Amy Tan on creativity
  • Anything that powerful tends to bridge the gap between cosmology, theology, and philosophy, the "what is our place in the universe?" —  Omni: August 1994
  • But his real fame came in those exceptionally narrow realms of string theory, cosmology, and the meanings of the universe. —  The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 2005
  • We discussed on camera the philosophical implications of modern cosmology, and he remarked on the "argument from design" resurrected by Freeman Dyson and others of note. —  F ;SF; - vol 089 issue 04-05 - October-November 1995
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  1. = French cosmologie = Spanish cosmologia = Portuguese Italian cosmologia, from Greek as if *κοσμολογία (cf. adjective κοσμολογικός, pertaining to physical philosophy: see cosmological), from κόσμος, the world, + -λογια, from λέγειν, speak: see -ology.
 

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