The cosmic connection;: An extraterrestrial perspective [Hardcover]

Carl Sagan (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 274 pages
• Publisher: Anchor Press; 1st edition (1973)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385004575
• ISBN-13: 978-0385004572
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,265,289 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Carl Sagan was Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences and Director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University. He played a leading role in the Mariner, Viking, and Voyager spacecraft expeditions to the planets, for which he received the NASA medals for Exceptional Scientific Achievement. Dr. Sagan received the Pulitzer Prize and the highest awards of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Science Foundation, and many other awards, for his contributions to science, literature, education, and the preservation of the environment. His book Cosmos (accompanying his Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning television series of the same name) was the bestselling science book ever published in the English language, and his bestselling novel, Contact, was turned into a major motion picture.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A startling look at our universe and our feelings toward it, July 16, 1997

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This review is from: Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective (Paperback)

In this revolutionary book Carl Sagan explores our universe's recent past, it's present, and it's possible future. He also discusses how our feelings and attitudes about society, the universe, space travel, and ourselves have changed and how they have helped to form our views of the universe. He also comments on how we are connected to the universe physically, mentally, and spiritually.

This book is definatelly a must read if you are intersted in our feelings toward the universe, where do we belong and why are here, our future in the universe, or if you just have a little free time.<P