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This book is based on the thirteen part television series by Carl Sagan, exploring the origin of the Universe, the evolution of humans, and the development of intelligence, and Earth’s and humanity’s place in the vast context of the cosmos.
The beautifully illustrated book has thirteen chapters corresponding to the thirteen episodes of the series. Over those thirteen chapters, Sagan explores the 15 billion year history of the Cosmos. The range of subjects covered includes evolution of the cosmos itself, the development of science and civilizations, and also includes anecdotes from the lives of famous scientists through the ages.
The chapters in the book correspond to the episodes - The Shores Of The Cosmic Ocean, One Voice in The Cosmic Fugue, The Harmony of The Worlds, Heaven and Hell, Blues For a Red Planet, Travellers Tales, The Backbone of Night, Journeys In Space and Time, The Lives Of The Stars, The Edge Of Forever, The Persistence of Memory and Who Speaks For The Earth.
The book finishes with two appendices - Reductio ad Absurdum, that is, proof by contradiction, using the classic example of the square root of two The second appendix discusses the five Pythagorean solids. The final section contains references for further reading.
The book explores the timeline of the cosmos, the evolution of life and the evolution of intelligence. It explores the eternal human quest to uncover the deepest and most hidden mysteries of the Universe, from ancient times, including creationist theories, to current scientific discoveries and theories.
Presented in an engaging, conversational style, this book explains, even to the layman, the complex concepts that are involved in the exploration of the Universe and its origins. It has remained as one of the bestsellers in popular science books, surpassed only by Stephen Hawking’s Brief History Of Time.ISBN - 9780345331359
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Pages : 324
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