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The Story of the Cosmos

Copyright © 2019 by Paul M. Gould and Daniel Ray

Published by Harvest House Publishers

Eugene, Oregon 97408

www.harvesthousepublishers.com

ISBN 978-0-7369-7736-4 (Trade)

ISBN 978-0-7369-7737-1 (eBook)

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DEDICATION

To him who spoke the world into being

and sustains it by his loving hands.

From Dan

Thanks to the Sandlin, Valerius, Hughes, Krygsheld, Barlowe, and McCarty families; to Paul personally for taking a chance with me; to our team of contributors; to Dr. Michael Ward and Dr. Holly Ordway for being patient with me as my professors at Houston Baptist University; to my mom; and to all the staff at Harvest House.

From Paul

Thanks to Terry Glaspey for taking a chance on a book exploring the connection between science and story, astrophysics and fantasy! And thanks to our editor, Steve Miller, for a stellar job of cleaning up the manuscript and bringing it to life. It is no small feat to help scientists, philosophers, artists, and apologists ...