Billions & Billions : Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium
Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan (Epilogue) / Paperback / Published June 1998
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"A FITTING LEGACY TO A PREMIER POPULARIZER OF SCIENCE." --San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle "ELOQUENT AND HAUNTING . . . Whether the topic is mankind's residual hunting impulses, the remembered smell of the electric transformer on his boyhood train, global warming, or life on Mars, Sagan is quick with a telling metaphor and vivid images." --St. Louis Post-Dispatch "The last chapter, 'In the Valley of the Shadows,' is Sagan's last testament to the deeply thoughtful and humane philosophy he remained faithful to until death. It is a more personal view than Sagan often gave his readers, and it is m...
Billions & Billions : Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium [LARGE PRINT]
Carl Sagon, Carl Sagan / Hardcover / Published March 1998
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Nonfiction Large Print Edition *A New York Times Bestseller In this book, his last, Carl Sagan again demonstrates his extraordinary ability to interpret the mysteries of life and the majesty of the universe to the lay reader. He provides clarity and understanding for an audience eager to make sense of the world and goes beyond that as he illuminates the strongly held belief that we have the ability to change things for the better. In their posthumous award to Dr. Sagan, the National Science Foundation declared that his research transformed planetary science, and that his gifts to mankind were ...
Broca's Brain : Reflections on the Romance of Science
Carl Sagan / Mass Market Paperback / Published October 1993
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Carl Sagan, writer and scientist, returns from the frontier to tell us about how the world works. In his delightfully down-to-earth style, he explores and explains a mind-boggling future of intelligent robots, extraterrestrial life and its consquences, and other provocative, fascinating quandries of the future that we want to see today.
CometCarl Sagan, Ann Druyan (Contributor) / Paperback / Published January 1997
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Timed to coincide with the appearance of the comet Hale-Bopp, a revision of the 1985 best-seller--the definitive work about comets--takes the reader on a journey through space astride a comet and explores the myths surrounding comets.
ContactCarl Sagan / Mass Market Paperback / Published July 1997
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In December, 1999, a multinational team journeys out to the stars, to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who -- or what -- is out there?
Carl Sagan / Unknown Binding / Published October 1999
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Carl Sagan / Turtleback / Published June 1986
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Carl Sagan, Jodie Foster (Reader) / Audio Cassette / Published July 1997
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Pulitzer Prize-winner Carl Sagan imagines the greatest adventure of all--the discovery of an advanced civilization in the depths of space. In December 1999, a multinational team journeys out to the stars, to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who--or what--is out there? Simultaneous with the big-budget Warner Bros. feature film starring Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughy and directed by Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump) and the Pocket mass market movie tie-in edition. 4 cassettes.
Carl Sagan / Paperback / Published December 1998
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It is December 1999, the dawn of the millennium, and a team of international scientists is poised for the most fantastic adventure in human history. After years of scanning the galaxy for signs of somebody or something else, this team believes they've found a message from an intelligent source--and they travel deep into space to meet it. Pulitzer Prize winner Carl Sagan injects Contact, his prophetic adventure story, with scientific details that make it utterly believable. It is a Cold War era novel that parlays the nuclear paranoia of the time into exquisitely wrought tension among the variou...
CosmosCarl Sagan / Mass Market Paperback / Published September 1993
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The best-selling science book ever published in the England language, COSMOS is a magnificent overview of the past, present, and future of science. Brilliant and provocative, it traces today's knowledge and scientific methods to their historical roots, blending science and philosophy in a wholly energetic and irresistible way.
Carl Sagan / Paperback / Published date unknown
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Carl Sagan, I.S. Shklovskii / Mass Market Paperback / Published November 1998
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Carl Sagan, Julian Lopez-Morillas (Reader) / Audio Cassette / Published August 1998
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Carl Sagan / Audio Cassette / Published December 1994
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This follow-up to the hugely successful Cosmos is an entertaining, informative look at humankind's changing perception of its place in the universe, from ancient astronomers to NASA to possible human colonization of other worlds. 4 cassettes.
Carl Sagan / Audio Cassette / Published December 1994
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A follow-up to the best-selling Cosmos takes an entertaining look at humankind's changing awareness of its place in the universe and the rich potential of human ventures into the world beyond Earth. 125,000 first printing. Tour.
Pale Blue Dot : A Vision of the Human Future in SpaceCarl Sagan / Hardcover / Published December 1994
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A follow-up to the best-selling Cosmos takes an entertaining look at humankind's changing awareness of its place in the universe and the rich potential of human ventures into the world beyond Earth. 125,000 first printing. Tour.
Pale Blue Dot : A Vision of the Human Future in SpaceCarl Sagan / Paperback / Published September 1997
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The long-awaited sequel to Pulitzer Prize-winner Carl Sagan's classic work Cosmos--the bestselling science book ever published in the English language. A compelling, erudite, and thoroughly entertaining look at man's changing awareness of his place in the universe, Pale Blue Dot is a captivating field guide to our known universe, beautifully represented with dazzling photographs and illustrations.
Pale Blue Dot : A Vision of the Human Future in SpaceCarl Sagan, Ann Godoff (Editor) / Paperback / Published October 1995
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Carl Sagan traces our exploration of space and suggests that our very survival may depend on the wise use of other worlds. This stirring book reveals how scientific discovery has altered our perception of who we are and where we stand, and challenges us to weigh what we will do with that knowledge. Photos, many in color.
Pale Blue Dot [ABRIDGED]Carl Sagan(Reader) / Audio Cassette / Published February 1998
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A follow-up to the best-selling Cosmos takes an entertaining look at humankind's changing awareness of its place in the universe and the rich potential of human ventures into the world beyond Earth. 125,000 first printing. Tour.
Carl Sagan, Readers House Staff (Editor) / Paperback / Published September 1996
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Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors : A Search for Who We AreCarl Sagan, Ann Druyan (Contributor) / Paperback / Published October 1993
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Spanning more than four billion years, from "the beginning and a little before," this brilliant chronicle of the first stirrings of life on Earth traces the human animal's evolution--and makes a powerful case for man's enduring kinship with the "lower" animals.
The Demon-Haunted World : Science As a Candle in the DarkCarl Sagan / Hardcover / Published April 1996
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Explores the role of science in destroying prejudice and hysteria and in uncovering the truth about the world in which we live, refuting the argument that science destroys spirituality and explaining how scientific thinking safeguards democratic institutions. 100,000 first printing. Tour.
The Demon-Haunted World : Science As a Candle in the DarkCarl Sagan / Paperback / Published March 1997
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Examines and debunks what the Pulitzer Prize-winning author refers to as ""pseudo-science,"" which includes such popular topics as channeling past lives, alien abduction, and communal hallucinations, suggesting that these trends are dangerous for society. Reprint.
Carl Sagan, Michael Page (Narrator) / Audio Cassette / Expected January 2000
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Are we on the brink of a new Dark Age of irrationality and superstition? In this stirring, brilliantly argued book, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Dragons of Eden and Cosmos shows how scientific thinking can cut through prejudice and hysteria and uncover the truth, and how it is necessary to safeguard our democratic institutions and our technical civilization.
Carl Sagan, Michael Page (Narrator) / Audio Cassette / Published March 1996
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Are we on the brink of a new Dark Age of irrationality and superstition? In this stirring, brilliantly argued book, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Dragons of Eden and Cosmos shows how scientific thinking can cut through prejudice and hysteria and uncover the truth, and how it is necessary to safeguard our democratic institutions and our technical civilization.
The Dragons of Eden : Speculations on the Evolution of Human IntelligenceCarl Sagan / Mass Market Paperback / Published December 1989
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Broca's Brain and Cosmos takes us on a powerful and compelling voyage to the inner space between our ears, offering his vivid insight into the brain of man and beast, the origins of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends--and their amazing links to recent discoveries. Illustrations and photos.
Carl Sahan, Carl Sagan / Hardcover / Published May 1977
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Broca's Brain and Cosmos takes us on a powerful and compelling voyage to the inner space between our ears, offering his vivid insight into the brain of man and beast, the origins of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends--and their amazing links to recent discoveries. Illustrations and photos.
Gordon Stein(Editor), Carl Sagan / Hardcover / Published February 1996
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The Encyclopedia Of The Paranormal is the first comprehensive work on the subject written from a scientific perspective. Its intent is to examine paranormal phenomena via quantifiable evidence, as such phenomena must be studied if valid conclusions are to be reached. Carl Sagan, in his foreword to the volume say, I wish [this book] were on the shelves of every newspaper editorial desk and every television newsroom, to encourage more skeptical backbone in reporting. . . [I]n school libraries so that children would have some counterbalance to the many paranormal and mystical claims in our ...
The Faith HealersJames Randi, Carl Sagan / Paperback / Published May 1989
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Celebrated magician James Randi uncovers the faith-healing fakery found in the disturbing performances of evangelist Peter Popoff, W.V. Grant, Leroy Jenkins, Oral Roberts, Pentecostal A.A. Allen, Roman Catholic Ralph DiOrio, and Pat Robertson. Illustrated.
Roald Z. Sagdeev, et al / Hardcover / Published April 1994
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Time calls Sagdeev ". . .a mixture of wit, charm, and trenchant observation." In this thoroughly engaging memoir by one of the world's leading physicists, Sagdeev offers a window into the Soviet scientific world. As head of the joint U.S.-Soviet Apollo-Soyuz mission and advisor to Gorbachev, his story offers the first insider's account from the only top-ranking member to leave the Soviet space program. Full of surprising details and wry humor.