Brian Swimme is Director of the Center for the Story of the Universe and a professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Mathematics at the University of Oregon in 1978 for work in gravitational dynamics.
Dr. Swimme is the author of The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos and The Universe is a Green Dragon. He is co-author of The Universe Story, which is the result of a ten year collaboration with cultural historian, Thomas Berry. Dr. Swimme is also the creator of three educational video series: Canticle to the Cosmos, The Earth’s Imagination, and The Powers of the Universe. Most recently he co-wrote and hosted the 60 minute film Journey of the Universe, broadcast on PBS television stations nationwide.
He lectures widely and has presented at conferences sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, The World Bank, UNESCO, The United Nations Millennium Peace Summit, and the American Museum of Natural History.
Contributions to Humans & Nature:
- An Integrating Story for a Sustainable Future: A Way toward New Human-Earth Relations
A response with Mary Evelyn Tucker to “What does it mean to be human?”
Noteworthy Links:
- Journey of the Universe
Watch the trailer to this film by Mary Evelyn Tucker and Brian Swimme. - Center for the Story of the Universe
Visit the website of an organization based on Brian Swimme’s work.
