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Acknowledgements

Rene Descartes for his earlier treatise on method and discourse.

Thanks to Galileo Galilei the father of science, for starting the theory that we now call science.

Thanks to Issac Newton for his influence, and

Albert Einstein for disagreeing, and forming a new theory.

Thanks to Issac Asimov, Arthur C Clark, Iain M Banks , Ursula Le Guin for their original contributions to science fiction.

Thanks to Stephen Hawking and Paul Davies and others for their work on astrophysics.

Thanks to my high school teachers Mr Watson and Mr Duffy for their guidance and mentorship.

Special Thanks to Marc Miller for his vision creating the vehicle for this work of imagination and fiction.

Also thanks to science fiction and Traveller fans and writers worldwide,

A very special thanks to the Dali Lama for his prayers and wisdom,

Lastly, thanks to my family for their support and encouragement.

"Let us remember that we all stand on the shoulders of all those, whose minds came before us."