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* 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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This book made me fall in love with physics, which - as I always hated science at school - is no mean feat. It looks at everything from ancient Egypt to the possibility of alien life. Pop science at its best -- Matt Haig
** 'Enticing, imaginative, readable, iridescent * The New York TIMES *

Cosmos

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    A Paperback / softback by Carl Sagan

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      Publisher Abacus
      Published 11 August 1983
      ISBN-13 9780349107035
      978-0349107035
      ISBN-10 0349107033
      Also in:
      Non Fiction Natural History Popular astronomy and space

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      * 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.



      Trade Review
      This book made me fall in love with physics, which - as I always hated science at school - is no mean feat. It looks at everything from ancient Egypt to the possibility of alien life. Pop science at its best -- Matt Haig
      ** 'Enticing, imaginative, readable, iridescent * The New York TIMES *

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