Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (Unabridged)
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4.5 • 85 Ratings
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- $25.99
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- $25.99
Publisher Description
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Cosmos is one of the bestselling science books of all time. In clear-eyed prose, 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. Cosmos 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 to shape modern science.
Includes introductory music: "Heaven and Hell" by Vangelis from Cosmos: A Personal Voyage used with permission from Druyan-Sagan Associates, Inc. All rights reserved.
Praise for Cosmos
“Magnificent... With a lyrical literary style, and a range that touches almost all aspects of human knowledge, Cosmos often seems too good to be true.” - The Plain Dealer
“Sagan is an astronomer with one eye on the stars, another on history, and a third - his mind’s - on the human condition.” - Newsday
“Brilliant in its scope and provocative in its suggestions...shimmers with a sense of wonder.” - The Miami Herald
“Sagan dazzles the mind with the miracle of our survival, framed by the stately galaxies of space.” - Cosmopolitan
“Enticing...iridescent...imaginatively illustrated.” - The New York Times Book Review
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
It’s always been a classic, but Cosmos may be even more relevant today than when it was first published in 1980. Drawing together insights about astronomy, archaeology, biology, and other sciences, astrophysicist Carl Sagan explores how billions of years of cosmic history have influenced everything from Earth’s geology to Egyptian hieroglyphics. Narrated by pop culture’s unofficial ambassador of learning, LeVar Burton of Reading Rainbow fame, Cosmos is an endearingly earnest ode to the power of human curiosity. We may not have all the answers, but thanks to scientists like Sagan, we know enough to keep asking more questions.
Customer Reviews
Still a classic
Wish I could be as hopeful as Sagan was 45 years ago.
Pass
The book is great but , having bad actors read it was a mistake , because they aren’t reading it properly they are voice acting it out in a terrible manner no
Well worth the revisit.
Hopeful and inspiring, while also humbling and honest. We live in a big universe and haven’t been around very long. If we want to stick around reading things like this will help.