Has the universe a beginning? Was it created? Who, then, is its creator? Or alternately, is the universe uncreated? Is it beginning less and endless, with of course, continual changes? Synthesizing the cumulative knowledge of science, philosophy, and religion: Eastern and Western, including Vedic / Vedantic metaphysics, Professor Panda’s Cyclic Universe looks afresh at these mind boggling question-which , ever since the dawn of human civilization, have evaded a convincing answer.
In coming to grips with the issues around the evolution of the universe: the grand cosmos, the author examines not only the whole range of creation theories: both religious and philosophical, but also the Big Bang, its rival theories and modified versions, together with all the recent advances in anthropology, astrophysics, cosmology, Darwinism’s, molecular, biology genetics, embryology, morphogenesis, neurobiology, and even computer science, concluding showing that the universe has been created, it has creator , and the presently expanding universe will contract by a reverse process to be finally dissolved in the power of Brahman, Professor Panda’s insightful analyses corroborate the Vedantic worldview of the cyclic phenomenon of the origin, sustenance and dissolution of the universe.
Offering an original, well-integrated thesis on the baffling cosmic evolution, the book is bound to fascinate scholars and discerning readers alike. |
