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'Scientists describe how cosmic rays emitted by supernovas ... influence the cloud formations in the sky above us ... [&] impact not only our climate ... The construction of many grand cathedrals in Europe between ... 1000-1300 [is] in part a consequence of favorable climatic changes ... & so exploding stars light years away influence a certain style of architecture, ...& the music written for those august spaces.'

Totally GREAT prologue/introduction to the history, purpose, and culture (including differences in major "schools" of Buddhism) Chinese and Japanese)! Worth the price (and more) of the whole book! I've had the book for 4 decades and only now decided to read it. A late, but very good decision.