Arithmetic in Stardust

The lamp, he said, had gone out. But its light is still there. Light never dies, it only spreads. From one person to another, from one generation to another, from Earth to Mars, and from Mars to the stars beyond. This is the meaning of education, this is the meaning of mathematics, this is the meaning of human beings. Roots in the earth, light in the sky. People are in the middle, growing upward. The limits are endless, and so is love. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.