| '''Cosmology''', from the [[Greek language|Greek]]: | | '''Cosmology''', from the [[Greek language|Greek]]: |
| κοσμολογία (cosmologia, κόσμος ([[cosmos]]) order + λογος ([[logos]]) word, reason, plan) is the quantitative (usually [[mathematics|mathematical]]) study of the [[universe|Universe]] in its totality, and by extension, humanity's place in it. Though the word ''cosmology'' is recent (first used in 1730 in [[Christian Wolff (philosopher)|Christian Wolff]]'s ''Cosmologia Generalis''), study of the Universe has a long history involving [[science]], [[philosophy]], [[esotericism]], and [[religion]]. | | κοσμολογία (cosmologia, κόσμος ([[cosmos]]) order + λογος ([[logos]]) word, reason, plan) is the quantitative (usually [[mathematics|mathematical]]) study of the [[universe|Universe]] in its totality, and by extension, humanity's place in it. Though the word ''cosmology'' is recent (first used in 1730 in [[Christian Wolff (philosopher)|Christian Wolff]]'s ''Cosmologia Generalis''), study of the Universe has a long history involving [[science]], [[philosophy]], [[esotericism]], and [[religion]]. |