Noun
The science of the world or universe; or a treatise relating to the structure and parts of the system of creation, the elements of bodies, the modifications of material things, the laws of motion, and the order and course of nature.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe recent developments in cosmology strongly suggest that the universe may be the ultimate free lunch. Alan Guth
Cosmology is among the oldest subjects to captivate our species. And it's no wonder. We're storytellers, and what could be more grand than the story of creation? Brian Greene
Nowadays, cosmology seems rather unexciting. Joseph Silk
Evolutionary cosmology formulates theories in which a universe is capable of giving rise to and generating future universes out of itself, within black holes or whatever. Robert Nozick
The space of early Greek cosmology was structured by logos – resonant utterance or word. Marshall McLuhan
What if criticism is a science as well as an art? Not a "pure" or "exact" science, of course, but these phrases belong to a nineteenth-century cosmology which is no longer with us. Northrop Frye