CONTENTS:

Introduction and Overview

IN THE BEGINNING...

  1. Physical Cosmology
  2. Spiritual Cosmology
  3. Theories of Creation

STRUGGLES OF HUMANITY

  1. The Anthropic Principle
  2. What is Reality?
  3. The Nature of Time

LIVING WITH LIMITATIONS

  1. Being Human: What are Minds For?
  2. Considering Consciousness
  3. Deep Limits

THE END, OR THE BEGINNING?

  1. Space: Exploration or Exploitation?
  2. The Self-Aware Universe
  3. Problems Between Science and Religion
  4. The Intersection Between Science and Mysticism

Acknowledgements

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