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COSMOS

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I bought the hard cover book Cosmos as a backup book for my observatory. I let our Astronomy club and family read from many Astronomy books. Cosmos is a big book that reads very well. Carl Sagan was a very good writer that could get lots of information to the general public in an average reading style that was not dry and too technical.

In the book we see many aspects of Astronomy...the planets, stars, nebulae, galaxies etc. Also many interesting aspects of the Earth are shown including ancient sites and some astronomical sites. He talks about the existence of life and possible extraterrestrial life. Carl tried to cover all bases.

Dr. Carl Sagan in his life received many many major awards , published numerous books and scientific articles and proposed very important and challenging ideas about the planets and space. If you ever see Cosmos on educational TV you are in for a real treat. He was one of the 20th century giants and for many years the president of the Planetary Society I belong to.

I'm an amateur astronomer of over forty years. I too believe in extraterrestrial life. Carl was much more optimistic than me and believed life could exist in some very harsh and to me unbelievable environments throughout space. Even though I never met Carl Sagan and he never knew of me I considered him my friend.

Here is a book chocked full of fascinating and interesting articles and ideas. Those wishing to have an Astronomy library should have a copy of Cosmos ( also a tribute to the genus of Carl Sagan...his genus does not come around very often). I bought my older copy in good condition for $1 plus shipping. Much of the science is still good and has not changed although we have now discovered many exoplanets and methods of gathering data about the planets and space have improved.

Cosmos 5 stars.

This is a beautiful book, visually and content-wise. Carl Sagan artfully delivers his personal fascination with life and the cosmos so the reader shares it. Not to be missed.

I'm starting to read the book now, after the holidays, and I like it. Aside from Carl Sagan being a great popularizer (had to make sure that was a word) of science; the shipping and the book itself got here without a hitch.

Cosmos (Leather Bound)
This book turned out beautiful. It was in perfect condition, still in factory mint. The pages are adorned with far more pictures than the paperback and standard hard back copies, which really helps the reader understand Sagan's message. I am a huge fan of Carl Sagan and his work and this book definately does him justice. I highly recomend it for and collector or fan.

Amazon

The book Cosmos was terribly soiled by what looked to be mice droppings at the back of the book where the covering rests insid of copy. I did not want to say anything that would be made known to fine customers. But I can not deny in this used copy there are many spots around the closed book that could be something related to vermin.

With all due respect ,I will not be reading it to see the pretty space pics,but I already have a copy of Cosmos to read in one of my ebooks.

sincerely,

Arabella-Kelly Wick