The Universe Story
“What is particularly striking is the lack of repetition in the developing universe. The fireball that begins the universe gives way to the galactic emergence and the first generation of stars. The later generations of stars bring into being
the living planets with their own sequence of epochs, each differentiating itself from the rest. Biological and human history, with the ever fresh expressions of creativity, continues the differentiation of time from its beginning.
Indeed all 15 billion years form an epic that must be viewed as a whole to understand its full meaning. This meaning
is the extravagance of the creative outpouring, where each being is given its unique existence. At the heart
of the universe is an outrageous bias for the novel, for the unfurling of surprise in prodigious dimensions throughout
the vast range of existence."
(Brian Swimme & Thomas Berry, The Universe Story, p.74)
