Cosmos: The Story of Cosmic Evolution, Science and Civilisation

Cosmos: The Story of Cosmic Evolution, Science and Civilisation

Carl Sagan
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Author:  Carl Sagan
Condition:  New
Format:  Paperback
Pages:  416
Publisher:  Little, Brown Book Group
Year:  1983
ISBN:  9780349107035

* Spacecraft missions to nearby planets
* The Library of ancient Alexandria
* The human brain
* Egyptian hieroglyphics
* The origin of life
* The death of the sun
* The evolution of galaxies
* The origins of matter, suns and worlds

The story of fifteen billion years of cosmic evolution transforming matter and life into consciousness, of how science and civilisation grew up together, and of the forces and individuals who helped shape modern science. A story told with Carl Sagan's remarkable ability to make scientific ideas both comprehensible and exciting.

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