Wise words
The Veil nebula, a massive star that exploded 5,000 to 8,000 years ago, according to NASA. Photo by NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA (public domain)
“Some 5 or 6 or 7 billion years from now, the Sun will become a giant red star and will engulf the orbits of Mercury and Venus and probably the Earth. The Earth then would be inside the sun, and some of the problems that face us on this particular day will appear, by comparison, modest.”
-Carl Sagan, The Varieties of Scientific Experience
I’ve been remiss in keeping up my blog, but posting quotes from books I’m reading seems like a good way to get back into it. Carl Sagan is one of my scientific heroes (although, having not studied science much, my list of scientific heroes is short and unsurprising: Carl Sagan, Albert Einstein, Matt Entler) because of his ability to explain concepts like THE ENORMITY OF THE COSMOS in very plain English. I’m working my way through his books, which will take a while because he was quite prolific.
May you ponder this perspective over your morning coffee.Read More »Wise words