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Rebecca Elson

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Rebecca Anne Wood Elson (2 January 1960 – 19 May 1999) was a Canadian–American astronomer and writer.

Quotes

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  • Sometimes, I confess,
    Starlight seems too sharp,
    And like the moon
    I bend my face to the ground,
    To the small patch where each foot falls,
    Before it falls,
    And I forget to ask questions,
    And only count things.
    • "We Astronomers", in A Responsibility to Awe (Carcanet Press, 2001)
    • Cp. Walt Whitman, "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" (1867)
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