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WHAT ARE THESE GRACEFUL VISITORS TO OUR SKIES? WE NOW KNOW THAT THEY BRING BOTH LIFE AND DEATH AND TEACH US ABOUT OUR ORIGINS.

Comet begins with a breathtaking journey through space astride a comet. Pulitzer Prize-winning astronomer Carl Sagan, author of Cosmos and Contact, and writer Ann Druyan explore the origin, nature, and future of comets, and the exotic myths and portents attached to them. The authors show how comets have spurred some of the great discoveries in the history of science and raise intriguing questions about these brilliant visitors from the interstellar dark....

"Dazzling...A feast. Absorbing and elegantly written, it tells of theorigins of life on earth, describes its variety and charaacter, and culminates in a discussion of human nature and teh complex traces ofhumankind's evolutionary past...It is an amazing story masterfully told."
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World renowned scientist Carl Sagan and acclaimed author Ann Druyan have written a ROOTS for the human species, a lucid and riveting account of how humans got to be the way we are. It shows with humor and drama that many of our key traits--self-awareness, technology, family ties,...

Carl Sagan's prophetic vision of the tragic resurgence of fundamentalism and the hope-filled potential of the next great development in human spirituality
The late great astronomer and astrophysicist describes his personal search to understand the nature of the sacred in the vastness of the cosmos. Exhibiting a breadth of intellect nothing short of astounding, Sagan presents his views on a wide range of topics, including the likelihood of intelligent life on other planets, creationism and so-called intelligent design, and a new concept of science as "informed worship." Originally...

Przekonująca wizja tego, na czym polega rzetelna nauka i ostrzeżenie przed niebezpieczeństwami szerzących się w dzisiejszym świecie fake newsów i pseudonaukowych teorii

Jak możemy podejmować racjonalne decyzje dotyczące naszego coraz bardziej uzależnionego od technologii życia, jeśli nie rozumiemy różnicy między pseudonaukowymi mitami a możliwymi do weryfikacji hipotezami nauki? Zdobywca Nagrody Pulitzera, wybitny astronom Carl Sagan przekonuje, że myślenie naukowe ma kluczowe znaczenie nie tylko w dążeniu do prawdy, lecz takżew prawidłowym funkcjonowaniu naszych...