Contents -- Introduction -- The "Purpose" of Chance in Light of the Physical Basis of Evolution -- "The Gene Seemed as Inaccessible as the Materials of the Galaxies" -- From Selfish DNA to Gaia: One Molecular Biologist's View of the Evolutionary Process -- The Large-Scale Structure of the Universe -- Of Stars, Planets, and Life -- Is the Physical Universe Natural? -- Coincidences: Mundane and Cosmological -- Directionalité, intentionnalité, et analogie dans l'approche de l'univers -- The Ecopoiesis of Daisy World -- The Earth and Its Life: Geologic Record of Interactions and Controls -- An Anthropocentric View of the Universe: Evidence from Geology -- The Origin of Consciousness -- The Origin of Human Communication -- More Gaps for God? -- In the Beginning Is the Dance of Love -- Science, Design, and Ambiguity: Concluding Reflections -- Contributors.