Cosmologist Brian Swimme and cultural historian Thomas Berry provide a new, science-based cosmology for our times that provides an epic and poetic explanation of the creation of the universe and our place in it. A celebration of the unfolding of the cosmos--from the primordial flaring forth to the ecozoic era.From the big bang to the present and into the next millenium, The Universe Story unites science and the humanities in a dramatic exploration of the unfolding of the universe, humanity's evolving place in the cosmos, and the boundless possibilities for our future.