We dedicate this book
To our fellow citizens
Who, for love of truth,
Take from their own wants
By taxes and gifts,
And now and then send forth
One of themselves
As dedicated servant,
To forward the search
Into the mysteries and marvelous simplicities
Of this strange and beautiful universe,
Our home.
—dedication of “Gravitation”, Misner, Thorne & Wheeler
A nod to Apollo 11, do you think? ( Copyright 1970 )