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Letter: Here's to revelling in the mystery of the cosmos

Published 30 October 2024

From James Hardy, Belfast, UK

Leah Crane’s article about seeing Saturn through a telescope as a child and being inspired to love space was fascinating. It called to mind philosopher Bertrand Russell, who, although an atheist, freely admitted to the immense mystery of the cosmos: “We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power.” (12 October, p 44)

Issue no. 3515 published 2 November 2024

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