Chet Raymo Quote

We are indeed the detritus of stars, our atoms are the flour of celestial mills, our bodies the backings of solar fires.

The Virgin and the Mousetrap: Essays in Search of the Soul of Science, Chapter 21 (p. 196), The Viking Press. 1991

We are indeed the detritus of stars, our atoms are the flour of celestial mills, our bodies the backings of solar fires.

We are indeed the detritus of stars, our atoms are the flour of celestial mills, our bodies the backings of solar fires.

We are indeed the detritus of stars, our atoms are the flour of celestial mills, our bodies the backings of solar fires.

We are indeed the detritus of stars, our atoms are the flour of celestial mills, our bodies the backings of solar fires.