1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910816494603321

Autore

Müntz Eugène

Titolo

Michelangelo / / Eugène Müntz ; translation, Arthur Borges

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Parkstone Press International, , [2014]

©[2014]

ISBN

1-78160-857-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Disciplina

709.2

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910974846003321

Autore

Rolston Holmes <1932-2025.>

Titolo

Three big bangs : matter-energy, life, mind / / Holmes Rolston III

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Columbia University Press, 2010

ISBN

9786612872440

9781282872448

1282872443

9780231526845

0231526849

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 p.)

Disciplina

113

Soggetti

Evolution

Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



Nota di contenuto

Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Chapter 1. The Primordial Big Bang; 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; Chapter 2. 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?; Chapter 3. Mind: The Human Big Bang

Theory of Mind: The Human SingularityHyperimmense 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

Sommario/riassunto

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