Three Big Bangs – Is There Logic to, Logos in the Universe? (Columbia University Press, 2010)

The history of the universe divides into three big bangs–the creation of matter and energy, the genesis of life, and the emergence of human mind. 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, nuclear forces, and other cosmic features all enable the second big bang, the explosion of life on Earth. DNA discovers, stores, and elaborates information; life elaborates billions of species. Cognitive capacities escalate, and with neural sentience, the third explosion results: human genius.

A massive singularity, the human mind, sponsored by increasing brain complexity, gives birth to language and cumulative transmissible cultures, made possible by the spread of ideas from mind to mind. Ideas generate ideals, which lead life to take on spirit. The nature of matter-energy, genes, and their genesis of mind encourages humans to wonder where they are, who they are, what they should do, and whether they are in the presence of a deeper Presence.

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Critical Notice of Three Big Bangs. Online at: https://hdl.handle.net/10217/212165

Review by J. Wentzel van Huyssteen in Theology Today 68(no. 1, 2011), pp. 90-92.
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