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How knowledge of the universe helped a scientist navigate tragedy

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Alan Townsend, author of This Ordinary Stardust
Alan Townsend, author of This Ordinary Stardust(Boulder Book Store Eventbrite image)

The same stuff that makes up all of the creatures on Earth is also present in all of the stars in the sky. Which can make us feel very small in the universe, but also provide some comfort: We are not eternal, but parts of us are. These are the kinds of thoughts that sustained Alan Townsend, a scientist, when he faced some major health challenges to his daughter and his wife.

His book on that phase of his life is This Ordinary Stardust: A Scientist's Path from Grief to Wonder. We talk about the stardust and more Earthbound concerns in the author's visit to the JX.

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Manage episode 433874101 series 80629
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Alan Townsend, author of This Ordinary Stardust
Alan Townsend, author of This Ordinary Stardust(Boulder Book Store Eventbrite image)

The same stuff that makes up all of the creatures on Earth is also present in all of the stars in the sky. Which can make us feel very small in the universe, but also provide some comfort: We are not eternal, but parts of us are. These are the kinds of thoughts that sustained Alan Townsend, a scientist, when he faced some major health challenges to his daughter and his wife.

His book on that phase of his life is This Ordinary Stardust: A Scientist's Path from Grief to Wonder. We talk about the stardust and more Earthbound concerns in the author's visit to the JX.

  continue reading

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