Star Stuff: Our Cosmic Identity
Explore how science, philosophy, and spirituality explain our place in the universe—from the atoms we share with ancient stars to the search for meaning in an incomprehensibly vast cosmos.
Best quote from Star Stuff: Our Cosmic Identity
We are a way for the cosmos to know itself—through us, the universe has developed the ability to contemplate its own existence.
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Cosmology and philosophy to explain the universe and our place in it.
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