Cosmos
Renowned astronomer Carl Sagan’s classic bestseller that “dives into the past, present, and future of science, dealing with the mind-staggering enormity of the cosmos in which we exist” (Associated Press)—with an Introduction by Ann Druyan and a Foreword by Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Sagan dazzles the mind with the miracle of our survival, framed by the stately galaxies of space.”—Cosmopolitan
THE INSPIRATION FOR THE FOX MINISERIES COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS, HOSTED BY NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON AND STARRING SETH MACFARLANE AND SIR PATRICK STEWART
In clear-eyed prose, Carl 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. Featuring full-color illustrations, 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 shape modern science.
“Sagan dazzles the mind with the miracle of our survival, framed by the stately galaxies of space.”—Cosmopolitan
THE INSPIRATION FOR THE FOX MINISERIES COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS, HOSTED BY NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON AND STARRING SETH MACFARLANE AND SIR PATRICK STEWART
In clear-eyed prose, Carl 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. Featuring full-color illustrations, 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 shape modern science.
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Community Reviews
-Looking to the Stars.
-Importance of taking an unbiased look at the world and love for science.
-Realizing the pettiness of our problems and how small we are.
-The immensity of the cosmos.
-The mind blowing in every day things.
-Life is precious, war is pointless.
-Everyone has a different perspective.
-We are capable of anything but are hindered by our own reptilian parts of our brains.
-"We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think its eternity."
-“We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers”
-Everything is just atoms in different combinations.
-“Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.”
-“Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.”
-“Every aspect of Nature reveals a deep mystery and touches our sense of wonder and awe. Those afraid of the universe as it really is, those who pretend to nonexistent knowledge and envision a Cosmos centered on human beings will prefer the fleeting comforts of superstition. They avoid rather than confront the world. But those with the courage to explore the weave and structure of the Cosmos, even where it differs profoundly from their wishes and prejudices, will penetrate its deepest
mysteries.”
*-"We are a way for the cosmos to know itself"*
-“It is said that men may not be the dreams of the god, but rather that the gods are the dreams of men.”
-Importance of taking an unbiased look at the world and love for science.
-Realizing the pettiness of our problems and how small we are.
-The immensity of the cosmos.
-The mind blowing in every day things.
-Life is precious, war is pointless.
-Everyone has a different perspective.
-We are capable of anything but are hindered by our own reptilian parts of our brains.
-"We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think its eternity."
-“We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers”
-Everything is just atoms in different combinations.
-“Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.”
-“Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.”
-“Every aspect of Nature reveals a deep mystery and touches our sense of wonder and awe. Those afraid of the universe as it really is, those who pretend to nonexistent knowledge and envision a Cosmos centered on human beings will prefer the fleeting comforts of superstition. They avoid rather than confront the world. But those with the courage to explore the weave and structure of the Cosmos, even where it differs profoundly from their wishes and prejudices, will penetrate its deepest
mysteries.”
*-"We are a way for the cosmos to know itself"*
-“It is said that men may not be the dreams of the god, but rather that the gods are the dreams of men.”
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