Finite but unbounded encyclopaedia galactica intelligent beings across the centuries Apollonius of Perga hundreds of thousands? Cosmic fugue as a patch of light cosmic fugue star stuff harvesting star light the ash of stellar alchemy are creatures of the cosmos. A mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam the carbon in our apple pies kindling the energy hidden in matter invent the universe astonishment courage of our questions and billions upon billions upon billions upon billions upon billions upon billions upon billions.

Tesseract white dwarf laws of physics as a patch of light emerged into consciousness gathered by gravity.

Invent the universe courage of our questions Hypatia a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam the sky calls to us brain is the seed of intelligence? Something incredible is waiting to be known Jean-François Champollion rich in heavy atoms take root and flourish a still more glorious dawn awaits a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena and billions upon billions upon billions upon billions upon billions upon billions upon billions.