Cosmos

Author: Carl Sagan, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Seth MacFarlane, LeVar Burton and Ann Druyan

The breathtaking story of cosmic evolution, science and civilisation.

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The breathtaking story of cosmic evolution, science and civilisation.

Description

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.Featuring a new Introduction by Sagan’s collaborator, Ann Druyan, and a new Foreword by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, Cosmos retraces the 14 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.Cosmos is one of the bestselling science books of all time.

Critic Reviews

'Enticing ... iridescent ... imaginatively illustrated. -- The New York Times Book Review
'Sagan dazzles the mind with the miracle of our survival, framed by the stately galaxies of space.' -- Cosmopolitan

About the Author

Sagan was Dir. of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies & David Duncan Prof. of Astronomy & Space Sciences at Cornell University.He played a leading role in the Mariner, Viking & Voyage expeditions to the planets & was a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for literature. He died in 1996. Ann Druyan is an Emmy Award-winning American writer and Peabody Award-winning producer specialising in the communication of science. She co-wrote the 1980 PBS documentary series Cosmos, hosted by Carl Sagan, whom she married in 1981. She is the creator, producer and writer of the 2014 sequel, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. She was the Creative Director of NASA's Voyager Interstellar Message Project, the golden discs affixed to both the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft.