Brian Swimme

Brian Thomas Swimme
Born1950 (age 73–74)
Seattle, Washington
Education
Known forevolutionary narrative of the universe (epic of evolution)
AwardsThomas Berry Award 1999[1]
Scientific career
InstitutionsCalifornia Institute of Integral Studies
Doctoral advisorRichard Barrar

Brian Thomas Swimme (born 1950) is a professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies, in San Francisco, where he teaches evolutionary cosmology to graduate students in the philosophy, cosmology, and consciousness program.[2] He received his Ph.D. (1978) from the department of mathematics at the University of Oregon for work with Richard Barrar on singularity theory, with a dissertation titled Singularities in the N-Body Problem.[3]

Swimme's published work portrays the 14-billion-year trajectory of cosmogenesis "as a spellbinding drama, full of suspense, valor, tragedy, and celebration".[4] His work includes The Universe is a Green Dragon (1984), The Universe Story, written with Thomas Berry (1992), The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos (1996), and The Journey of the Universe, written with Mary Evelyn Tucker (2011). Swimme is the producer of three DVD series: Canticle to the Cosmos (1990), The Earth's Imagination (1998), and The Powers of the Universe (2004).[5] Swimme teamed with Mary Evelyn Tucker, David Kennard, Patsy Northcutt, and Catherine Butler to produce Journey of the Universe, a Northern California Emmy-winning film released in 2011.[6] These works draw together scientific discoveries in astronomy, geology and biology, with humanistic insights concerning the nature of the universe.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference BerryAward was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Philosophy, Cosmology, Consciousness Degrees | CIIS". www.ciis.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
  3. ^ "Brian Swimme – the Mathematics Genealogy Project". Retrieved 2023-01-25.
  4. ^ Scharper, Stephen Bede (1997). "Brian Swimme: from mathematics to mystery". Redeeming the time: a political theology of the environment. New York: Continuum. pp. 120–131. ISBN 0826409350. OCLC 36133361.
  5. ^ "Brian Swimme's Powers of the Universe". Gatherings: Journal of the International Community for Ecopsychology. Archived from the original on 2004-12-12.
  6. ^ "About Journey Of The Universe". www.journeyoftheuniverse.org. Archived from the original on 2022-01-06. Retrieved 2023-01-25.