"The 'common thread' that runs through this book is the concept of soul."
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Wonderful Worlds:
An Exploration of before Time Began,
into Logical Creation and Development of
Our Cosmos, World, Body and Being,
and What Makes Us Human by Robert Greenough Trafford Publishing
book review by Priscilla Estes
Here's an easy way for the layperson to become current on a variety of complex theories concerning the origin and development of Earth, Man and the soul. A comfortable read, this fascinating and painstakingly researched account covers 14 billion years of our development, from pre-Big Bang to the birth of Christ.
This complex journey is demystified with well-organized tables, pages of charts and simple lists that glide the reader through Vacuum Energy and the Big Bang; walk them through development of stars and dinosaurs, emergence of Man and religion, infusion of the soul 600,000 years ago, and theories on reincarnation; and shine light on quantum mechanics, string theory, and the progress of man from hunter-gatherer to computer operator and more. Targeted text lays out global warming insights and weaves together religion, development of races, advent of warfare, the Hadron collider and the future Homo Roboticus.
Greenough brings an MBA from the University of Michigan; ten years of impressive research in science, philosophy, theology, the cosmos, geology, and anthropology; and decades of original thought to present theories—including his own—on what makes us human. Repetition of large chunks of material reinforces learning in most, but not all, chapters. Exciting points are sometimes lost in sentence and paragraph structures. A classical footnoting style might interest more serious readers.
Intelligibly written and extraordinarily well researched, Wonderful Worlds strengthens our knowledge of the facts surrounding the creation and development of earth and Man that guide our concepts of soul, spirit and the hereafter, as well as provoking original thought about Man's past and future.