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Thursday, May 13, 2010

Cosmic Evolution: 5th Critical Source

Cameron Marlin


Ms. Terrell

Pre-AP English 11

22 April 2010


Cosmic Evolution


In the book Cosmic Evolution, the Rise of Complexity in Nature, by Eric J. Chaisson, Chaisson explains the theory of Cosmic evolution. Chaisson says that “Evolution is much as a fact as is the earth is revolving around the sun.”(148). Chaisson also explains how his theory is different from Darwin’s. Darwin’s theory goes off of the natural selection and the Cosmic Evolution theory says the development of space, time, matter and energy from nothing. This means that the earth was made from nothing. Another word for cosmic evolution theorem is the big bang theory.

In my opinion, the big bang theory does not seem as real as all the other theories. Darwin’s theory makes a lot more since then the big bang theory. At least Darwin’s theory has a reasonable understanding about natural selection. The big bang theory just say that the idea that space, time, matter and energy somehow "exploded" (or expanded) from essentially nothing in the sudden "big bang" that was the birth of our universe. The cosmic evolution theory is not as believable as the others in my opinion.


Chaisson, Eric. Cosmic Evolution: The Risk of Complexity in Nature. Harvard: Library of congress cataloging, 2001. 148-208. Print.



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