Planets

A planet is an astronomical object orbiting a star or stellar remnant that
* is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity,
* is not massive enough to cause thermonuclear fusion, and
* has cleared its neighbouring region of planetesimals.

The term planet is ancient, with ties to history, astrology, science, mythology, and religion. Several planets in the Solar System can be seen with the naked eye. These were regarded by many early cultures as divine, or as emissaries of deities. As scientific knowledge advanced, human perception of the planets changed, incorporating a number of disparate obj
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Foundation (Foundation, #1)
Foundation's Edge (Foundation, #4)
Anathem
Forward the Foundation (Foundation, #7)
Prelude to Foundation (Foundation, #6)
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Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
Ringworld (Ringworld #1)
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Michael Pollan
The single greatest lesson the garden teaches is that our relationship to the planet need not be zero-sum, and that as long as the sun still shines and people still can plan and plant, think and do, we can, if we bother to try, find ways to provide for ourselves without diminishing the world.
Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

This planet is dying. The human rase is killing it. ... If the Earth dies, you die. If you die, the Earth survives.
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