Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
By Carl Sagan
Foreword by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Introduction by Ann Druyan
Read by Neil deGrasse Tyson , LeVar Burton , and Seth MacFarlane
Unabridged
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2 Formats: CD
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2 Formats: Library CD
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ISBN: 9781531888053
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ISBN: 9781531888053
Runtime: | 14.50 Hours |
Category: | Nonfiction/Science |
Audience: | Adult |
Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
A New York Times Bestseller
Winner of the 1981 Hugo Award for Best Related Nonfiction Book
Finalist for the 2018 Voice Arts Award for Best History Narration
A Booklist Best Book of the Year in Audiobooks
RETURNING TO TELEVISION AS AN ALL-NEW MINISERIES ON FOX
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
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
Details
Details
Available Formats : | CD, Library CD |
Category: | Nonfiction/Science |
Runtime: | 14.50 |
Audience: | Adult |
Language: | English |
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