John Updike Quote

When, on those anvils at the center of stars, and those even more furious anvils of the exploding supernovae, the heavy elements were beaten together to the atomic number 94...


Facing Nature, Ode to Crystallization, Alfred A. Knopf. 1985


When, on those anvils at the center of stars, and those even more furious anvils of the exploding supernovae, the heavy elements were beaten together ...

When, on those anvils at the center of stars, and those even more furious anvils of the exploding supernovae, the heavy elements were beaten together ...

When, on those anvils at the center of stars, and those even more furious anvils of the exploding supernovae, the heavy elements were beaten together ...

When, on those anvils at the center of stars, and those even more furious anvils of the exploding supernovae, the heavy elements were beaten together ...