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    • Pub. Date: October 1985
    • 324pp
    • Sales Rank: 13,326

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      • Pub. Date: October 1985
      • Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
      • Format: Mass Market Paperback, 324pp
      • Sales Rank: 13,326

      Synopsis

      The best-selling science book ever published in the English language, COSMOS is a magnificent overview of the past, present, and future of science. Brilliant and provocative, it traces today's knowledge and scientific methods to their historical roots, blending science and philosophy in a wholly energetic and irresistible way.

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      Based on Sagan's 13 part television series, "Cosmos" is about science in its broadest human context, and how science and civilization grew up together.

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      Biography

      Carl Sagan was the David Duncan Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences and Director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University; Distinguished Visiting Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology; and the cofounder and President of the Planetary Society, the largest space-interest group in the world. For the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, he was an adviser on the Mariner, Voyager, and Viking unmanned space missions, and he briefed astronauts for journeys to the moon. His Peabody Award-winning public television series, Cosmos, has been seen by more than 500 million people in over sixty countries, and the accompanying book spent seventy weeks on The New York Times bestseller list. The author of thirty books, Sagan was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence in 1978, and his novel Contact, is now a major motion picture.

      In their posthumous award to Dr. Sagan of their highest honor, the National Science Foundation declared that his research transformed planetary science ... his gifts to mankind were infinite.


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      Wonderfulby Jbeck

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      November 12, 2009: I recall when the Cosmos Series was on television and what a wonderful experience it was. It was my first introduction to Carl Sagan and his warm, welcoming manner and

      friendly presentation made me a loyal viewer for the entire series.

      The Book, Cosmos, I purchased for reading for my travels in Italy in celebration of the

      IYA2009 and it was a perfect choice. Carl Sagan's heart and mind pour our of every page and everything he presents is well within the grasp of even scientifically challenged readers like me. The warmth and human quality of the book make it one i cannot recommend strongly enough. Read it, then read it again. You're welcome. jb

      Spectacularby DmT

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      May 24, 2009: Of all the books I have read, none have made a greater impact on me than Cosmos. In a literary style unmatched by others in his field, Carl Sagan paints a brilliant portrait of our Universe, giving the details on every little subject, which for me is a relief. Sagan's views on the everyday stretch farther than the average person, as compellingly demonstrated in this book. It is non fiction, but in a style all its own, and while reading i could not help but smile, knowing such writing still exists. Explaining to us both the great mysteries hidden in the ocean of space, and the tragic and triumphant pst of the human race, I was at the heart of it all, humbled, by the sheer wonder and awe which lay on each page. This book is not for all readers, but I greatly encourage everyone to at least attempt to read it. It is one of the great pieces of literary science

      I Also Recommend: Pale Blue Dot.


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