patterns of life are employed over and over again, conservatively and ingeniously for different functions (C 33). In fact, we discover molecules to be essentially identical in all plants and animals. An oak tree and man are made of the same basic stuff. Mankind is but a local embodiment of the COSMOS. When we contemplate our origin we find that we are “starstuff pondering the stars.” We are organized assemblages of billions and billions of atoms which can contemplate the evolution of atoms (C 3 45).