Chapters 19 and 20 Summary and Analysis

In Chapter 19, the advancements in physics and astronomy has drawn man closer to the universe. Astronomy has destroyed the notion that man is sealed off from the rest of the great beyond. Quantum physics has demonstrated that man cannot be a detached observer. Astrophysics has shown that the same matter and elements exist everywhere. Darwinian evolution has obliterated the barrier between man and animal by proving that we all originate from the same source. Man is an undeniable part of the universe.

The question that has plagued everyone from ordinary man to astrophysicist is whether life as we know it exists somewhere else in the universe. Darwin proved that life originated from the elements that exist on the earth. Since the same elements exist everywhere in the universe, the possibility of life exists throughout the cosmos. Our relationship with...