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An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics - Carroll & Ostlie
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RE: An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics - Carroll & Ostlie
(March 3, 2015 at 5:53 pm)Alex K Wrote: You know that Lawrence Krauss quote...

"So, forget Jesus. The stars died so that you could be here today."

I like that saying. We would be in a much better place as a species if more people understood the incredible processes that are taking place to provide life instead of just seeing the big bright disc in the sky that gives us heat and light.

To realise that the very same cycle of star life and death is taking place in 500 billion places in our galaxy and then in the billions of billions of stars in other galaxies is mind blowing. Not to mention the unimagineable number of stars that have already lived and died.
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RE: An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics - Carroll & Ostlie - by TubbyTubby - March 4, 2015 at 6:57 am

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