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The Universe Story
19921297NY: HarperCollins 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by both Swimme and Berry on the title page. Uncommon signed. Says the jacket: "From the big bang to the present and into the next millennium The Universe Story celebrates the total community of existence as it unites science and the humanities through a profound and poetic modern myth." The book argues for the importance of story and narrates the story of the universe; ultimately it "compellingly explores humanity's place in the evolving cosmos and our ecological imperative." Dedicated to environmentalist Laurance Rockefeller. Swimme is an influential cosmologist. Thomas Berry see his New York Times obit was a widely respected Catholic priest and cultural historian who was dedicated to environmental thinking and theology eventually coming to call himself a "geologian." Environmental writer Richard Louv argues that “Thomas Berry was the earliest and most important voice to describe the profound importance of the disconnection between humans and the natural world and what that could mean for the future of our species." Laid in at rear is an errata slip and a clipping about a lecture Berry gave in Greensboro. A fine book in fine jacket. HarperCollins hardcover
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