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The idea is the core of the earth, and forever removed the false, that calm has returned, because it is uncharted territory. It's human trapped inside feel small particles of dust drifting through the hostile space walk. Recently, the development of science, especially in the past few decades, as a creature of the proposals are, we live, but not unique position, not in space.           An Abyss Called the Universe         Since the dawn of civilization, men and women have wondered about, and even feared, the mysteries of the skies. At first, they approached their world subjectively, believing Earth to be the stable hub of the Universe, with Sun, Moon, and stars revolving about it. Stability led to a feeling of security, or at least contentment — a belief that the origin and destiny of the cosmos were governed by the supernatural.   With the advent of recorded history, our ancestors became aware of another mystery, namely, themselves. Indeed, the origin and destiny of human beings were as enigmatic as anything in the depths of space. Religions and philosophies held forth, providing grand myths, epic stories, and a genuine sense of well-being before an uncertain future.   Later, but only within the past few hundred years, humans began to adopt a more critical stance toward themselves and the Universe, seeking to view our world more objectively. With it, modern science was born, the first major product of which was the Copernican revolution.   The idea of the centrality of Earth was demolished forever, and with it the false serenity that had been engendered by the unknown. Humankind came to feel that it was marooned on a tiny particle of dust drifting aimlessly through a hostile Universe. More recent scientific developments, particularly within the past few decades, have continued to suggest that, as living creatures, we inhabit no unique place in the Universe at all. We live on what appears to be an ordinary rock called Earth, one planet orbiting an average star called the Sun, one stellar system near the edge of a huge collection of stars called the Milky Way, one galaxy among countless billions of others spread throughout the observable abyss called the Universe.   It is perhaps a sobering thought that we seem so inconsequential in the Universe. It is even more humbling at first — but then wonderfully enlightening — to recognize that evolutionary changes, operating over almost incomprehensible space and nearly inconceivable time, have given birth to everything seen around us. Scientists are now beginning to decipher how all known objects — from atoms to galaxies, from cells to brains, from people to society — are interrelated. We are attempting to sketch the unifying scenario of cosmic evolution, a powerful new epic for the new millennium.            — Eric J Chaisson, Cosmic Evolution: The Rise of Complexity in Nature             Indexes/03