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Title:

COSMOS
THE STORY OF COSMIC EVOLUTION, SCIENCE AND CIVILISATION

By:

Carl Sagan

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0349107033

ISBN 13:

9780349107035

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Publisher:

LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP

Pub. date:

11 August, 1983

Pages:

416

Description:

* The story of cosmic evolution, science and civilisation

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 worldsThe 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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Abacus

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