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Cosmos

by Unknown Author

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324 pages1985Ballantine BooksISBN 9780345331359

About this book

<b>Renowned astronomer Carl Sagan’s classic bestseller that “dives into the past, present, and future of science, dealing with the mind-staggering enormity of the cosmos in which we exist” (Associated Press)—with an Introduction by Ann Druyan and a Foreword by Neil deGrasse Tyson</b><br><br><b>“Sagan dazzles the mind with the miracle of our survival, framed by the stately galaxies of space.”—<i>Cosmopolitan</i></b><br><br><b>THE INSPIRATION FOR THE FOX MINISERIES <i>COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS</i>, HOSTED BY NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON AND STARRING SETH MACFARLANE AND SIR PATRICK STEWART</b><br><br>In clear-eyed prose, Carl Sagan reveals a jewel-like blue world inhabited by a life form that is just beginning to discover its own identity and to venture into the vast ocean of space. Featuring full-color illustrations, <i>Cosmos </i>retraces the fourteen billion years of cosmic evolution that have transformed matter into consciousness, exploring such topics as the origin of life, the human brain, Egyptian hieroglyphics, spacecraft missions, the death of the Sun, the evolution of galaxies, and the forces and individuals who helped shape modern science.

Publication Details

Publisher
Ballantine Books
Published
1985
Pages
324
ISBN
9780345331359

About Unknown Author

Carl Sagan was an American Pulitzer-prize winning author and astrophysicist. Sagan is the author of more than 600 publications. <q>“For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.” </cite>― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark</cite></q>

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