Dr.Carl Sagan, the noted astronomer, tells vividly of his childhood fascination with the stars: While searching for information at the library he asked a kindly librarian for a book on the stars, which she located for him. He looked through the glossy photos and pages of familiar movie stars and handed it back to her, saying, No, not these stars. I mean those stars, and pointed upward.
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