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We are an intrinsic part of the universe...

Submitted by Ken Watts on Mon, 03/01/2010 - 18:06

We are an intrinsic part of the universe. Much of the history of our galaxy is bound up in us. The carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen that forms the bulk of our bodies was made in the deep interiors of former generations of stars that have died. The salts of the ancient seas circulate in our blood. We see this universe not from outside, but from inside: its stuff is our stuff. I once wrote, "A physicist is the atom's way of knowing about atoms." In our knowing, the universe comes to know itself.

George Wald