One of my modules (yes the one with the boring lecturer) is called Nuclear Astrophysics, and the title of the text is The Physics of Stars.
As I start to work through the equations I am feeling an odd mix of awe and dread, that we human beings could dare to approach understanding such huge celestial bodies, and indeed the very processes that create these things.
All things bright and beautiful
All creatures great and small
All things wise and wonderful
The Lord God made them all
It is quite humbling that our creation is so intricately connected to the splendour of the stars.
Handmade, friends. We are handmade.
Wow.
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