Windows of Creation

Surely humans have always asked the questions "How did this happen?" and "How did we come to be here?" While the question of how the universe was formed is as old as humanity, only recently could our investigation of nature yield enough data to build tentative models. The still young field of cosmology has led us to the "Big Bang" model and the explosive growth of the study of astrophysics. One of the many surprises along the journey has been the discovery that many parameters must be carefully balanced and initial conditions had to be precisely tuned to produce the present universe and life on the Earth.

人类自古以来就一直问着“这是怎么回事？”和“我们为何来到这里？”这些问题。虽然宇宙是如何形成的这个问题与人类的历史一样古老，但只有最近，我们对自然的探索才获得了足够的数据，足以构建出初步的模型。仍处于初级阶段的宇宙学，使我们走向了“大爆炸”模型，并推动了天体物理学研究的迅速发展。在这段旅程中，一个令人惊讶的发现是，许多参数必须仔细平衡，初始条件必须精确调整，才能产生现在的宇宙和地球上的生命。

The story of the apparent "fine tuning" of the universe to make life possible has been discussed in terms of a variety of "anthropic principles" and from many philosophic and faith based perspectives. This is a beginning attempt to discuss the fascinating examples of the balances and conditions essential to the forming of the present universe. The title chosen is "Windows of Creation" to emphasize the nature of the conditions that had to be simultaneously met to get us to our present circumstance.

关于宇宙似乎被精细调谐以使生命成为可能的故事，已从各种“anthropic principles”以及许多哲学和信仰基础上的视角进行了讨论。这是一次初步尝试，旨在探讨那些对形成当今宇宙至关重要的平衡和条件的迷人例子。所选标题为“Creation's Windows”，以强调那些必须同时满足的条件，使我们能够来到目前的处境。

The graphical guide is designed for clicking on any of the text. One must approach such an exploration as this with a great deal of humility. Suggestions and comments are welcomed.

该图示指南旨在点击文本中的任何部分。对此类探索应怀有极大的谦逊。欢迎提出建议和评论。