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Old 13-March-2003, 09:50 PM
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On 2003-03-13 09:44, michael cyrek wrote:
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On 2003-02-18 10:21, traztx wrote:
A cosmogony is a theory/model describing the origin and evolution of the universe.

A cosmology goes into history, structure, and dynamics of the universe but not necessarily the origin.
cyreks reply:

Cosmogony is just a fancy word for 'creationism'.
It is of Greek origin that is derived from the Book of Genesis.
Well, thanks for the reply, but there is a specific scientific defintion for the word already provided by ljbrs.