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Cosmos
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Cosmos (1980) (edit title/settings)

by Carl Sagan (Author) (edit contributors)

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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... read more

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  • “Nothing exists except Atoms and Void”
    Democritus
  • “I believe our future depends on how well we know this Cosmos in which we float like a mote of dust in the morning sky.”
    Carl Sagan
  • “If we long for our planet to be important, there is something we can do about it. We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and by the depth of our answers.”
    Carl Sagan
  • “There are more stars in the universe than there are grains of sand on the entire earth.”
    Carl Sagan
  • “Humans everywhere share the same goals when the context is large enough. And the study of the Cosmos provides the largest possible context.”
    Carl Sagan

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The Cosmos is all that is or ever was or ever will be.

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Introduction

I. The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean
II. One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue
III. The Harmony of Worlds
IV. Heaven and Hell
V. Blues for a Red Planet
VI. Travelers' Tales
VII. The Backbone of Night
VIII. Travels in Space and Time
IX. The Lives of the Stars
X. The Edge of Forever
XI. The Persistence of Memory
XII. Encyclopaedia Galactica
XIII. Who Speaks for Earth?

Appendix 1: Reductio ad Absurdum and the Square Root of Two

Appendix 2: The Five Pythagorean Solids

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  • Epoch: A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
  • Commune: A group of people living together and sharing possessions and responsibilities

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Carl Sagan (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Random House
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1980
ISBN: 0-394-50294-9
Page Count: 286

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  • Hugo (1981: Best Related Non-Fiction, Winner)

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Reading Level: Adults

This book would be more appropriate for advanced readers; however, Sagan's writing style makes it easy to get through the scientific gobbledygook that turns a lot of readers off other scientific pieces.

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