Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Cosmogenesis by Brian Thomas Swimme

What does it mean to be a cosmological being? Can we really break down the life to Carbon, Oxygen and Potassium?

Birth of a universe and its continuous expansion is an event which is very difficult to comprehend irrespective of scientific intelligence because after a point it is difficult to go beyond numbers and equations. But does this incomprehension gives us the flexibility to choose an interpretation which is more philosophical or religious in nature?

Its a difficult question to answer and depending on whom you're asking, the answers can vary over a wide range.

This is a semi autobiographical book which gives us the glimpse of how the author nurtured his conscience from a human being to a cosmic being. It mostly cover the initial struggle of identifying what the author was searching for until he found a person to guide him in the right direction.

It doesn't try to be to mathematical or scientific but its full of examples of our growing knowledge about universe in a broader sense when we overturned a lot of older theories in the light of new findings and evidences.

Maybe not a difficult read but you need a philosophical bent to follow the narrative.

Peace

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