Everything That Is Not Forbidden Is Compulsory.

What I Try To Do In The Book Is To Trace The Chain Of Relationships Running From Elementary Particles, Fundamental Building Blocks Of Matter Everywhere In The Universe, Such As Quarks, All The Way To Complex Entities, And In Particular Complex Adaptive System Like Jaguars.

If I Have Seen Further Than Others, It Is Because I Am Surrounded By Dwarfs.

The World Of The Quark Has Everything To Do With A Jaguar Circling In The Night.

Just Because Things Get A Little Dingy At The Subatomic Level Doesn't Mean All Bets Are Off.

Planets Are Too Dim To Be Detected With Existing Equipment, Far Away, Except In These Very Special Circumstances Where They're Seen By Their Gravitational Effect