Evolution, the ‘Mechanism’ of Big History: The Grande Synthesis
Big History traces the Cosmologic arc from the Singularity/Big Bang to the present. Similarly, evolutionary biology, as “all of biology”, represents the arc of life from its origins. There is mechanistic consilience between Quantum Mechanics, The First Principles of PhYsiology...
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| description | Big History traces the Cosmologic arc from the Singularity/Big Bang to the present. Similarly, evolutionary biology, as “all of biology”, represents the arc of life from its origins. There is mechanistic consilience between Quantum Mechanics, The First Principles of PhYsiology and evolutionary biology that is perpetually centered on the unicellular level. The phenotypic adaptations in reaction to geophysical and geochemical changes that culminate in culture are forged at the level of the recapitulating unicellular zygote. This perspective offers a synthesis for the animate and inanimate alike as Big History. The cell as the mechanistic basis for both evolution and Big History offers a novel synthesis for Humanism and Science. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-961f470913804ef7b92795d4dacb0e3a2023-08-21T01:08:00ZengInternational Big History AssociationJournal of Big History2475-36102019-04-01321724http://dx.doi.org/10.22339/jbh.v3i2.3220Evolution, the ‘Mechanism’ of Big History: The Grande SynthesisJohn S. Torday0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9071-3052Department of Pediatrics, Harbor-UCLA Medical CenterBig History traces the Cosmologic arc from the Singularity/Big Bang to the present. Similarly, evolutionary biology, as “all of biology”, represents the arc of life from its origins. There is mechanistic consilience between Quantum Mechanics, The First Principles of PhYsiology and evolutionary biology that is perpetually centered on the unicellular level. The phenotypic adaptations in reaction to geophysical and geochemical changes that culminate in culture are forged at the level of the recapitulating unicellular zygote. This perspective offers a synthesis for the animate and inanimate alike as Big History. The cell as the mechanistic basis for both evolution and Big History offers a novel synthesis for Humanism and Science.https://jbh.journals.villanova.edu/index.php/JBH/article/view/2405/2307singularityconsiliencefirst principles of physiology |
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| title | Evolution, the ‘Mechanism’ of Big History: The Grande Synthesis |
| title_full | Evolution, the ‘Mechanism’ of Big History: The Grande Synthesis |
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| title_short | Evolution, the ‘Mechanism’ of Big History: The Grande Synthesis |
| title_sort | evolution the mechanism of big history the grande synthesis |
| topic | singularity consilience first principles of physiology |
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