Sentences with phrase «immensity of the universe»

Jacques Monod concurred; in his 1976 book Chance and Necessity he wrote, «Man knows at last that he is alone in the indifferent immensity of the universe, whence which he has emerged by chance.»

The incomprehensible immensity of our universe inspires a deep sense of awe — and inspires as well many questions.

The immensity of the universe is necessarily homogeneous both in its nature and in its dimensions.

... Pressed tightly against one another by the increase in their numbers and relationships, forced together by the growth of a common power and the sense of a common travail, the men of the future will in some sort form a single consciousness; and because, their initiation being completed, they will have measured the power of their associated minds, the immensity of the universe and the narrowness of their prison, this consciousness will be truly adult, truly major.

Certainly, given the immensity of the universe and the impact of Darwinian ideas, it is easy to understand why this sentiment is widespread.

Certainly for this reviewer it was helpful to be directed to this meditation on Psalm 118: «The history of salvation is not a small event, on a poor planet, in the immensity of the universe.

We didn't realize there are other galaxies and had no concept of the immensity of the universe.

Instead, we are continuing an ancient human tradition, of seeking to know the immensity of the universe.

I can't say I really comprehend the immensity of the universe any more than I did as a child.

I remember always being awestruck by the immensity of the universe.

I did this because I love the way these images so powerfully convey the «heartless voids and immensities of the universe», and the tragedy of a man who did his very best to remain loyal to a flawed skipper.

Recently named Deutsche Bank's «Artist of the Year» for 2016, the Egyptian - born artist Basim Magdy is perhaps best known for works which use the nostalgic (and physical) qualities of Super-8 film to explore difficult - to - fathom concepts such as the future, the immensity of the universe, or the sprawling impact of the human population.