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Chapter 1 Quote Attribution Clarification
Great ideas often exist before and beyond any single speaker. The insight that humans are biologically, chemically, and atomically connected to the universe appears across science and philosophy, voiced by thinkers in different ways.
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“We are all connected to each other biologically, to the Earth chemically, and to the rest of the universe atomically.”
- Carl Sagan
- circa 1980
We Are Stardust
Carl Sagan had many similar quotes to this.
Carl Sagan reminds us that we are intimately connected to the universe. The particles that form our bodies are borrowed from a cosmic pool of just 17 particles and four forces. Even more humbling, the molecules within us were forged in the hearts of stars, linking us directly to the vast cosmos that surrounds us.
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What is the farthest object in space?
CMB
The Cosmic Microwave Background reminds us that distance isn’t just about space—it’s about time. When we look far enough, we stop seeing stars and start seeing history. At the edge of observation, objects give way to evidence, and the universe reveals itself not as a place, but as a story unfolding.
Astronomy
“Keep looking up!” --Neil deGrasse Tyson
“The universe is a self-reconfiguring machine, with nothing being created from the void nor destroyed to nothing. At the core of reality are four forces guiding 17+ particles. We see these particles combine into atoms and molecules. Those molecules bundle into materials, and those materials evolve into life.” –M. A. Prestwood (Paraphrased from chapters 1 & 18 of 30 Philosophers)
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The Universe Before the Telescope
Before instruments extended our vision, the universe was understood through naked-eye observation—the Sun, Moon, and five wandering planets set against a backdrop of stars that sometimes fell.
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The Universe Before the Telescope
Astronomy
Before instruments extended our vision, the universe was understood through naked-eye observation—the Sun, Moon, and five wandering planets set against a backdrop of stars that sometimes fell.
Thu 11 Apr 2024
(2 years ago)
Updated 3 weeks ago.