I was 'forced' to watch Cosmos in my high school physics class back in 1986. Man, that was probably the best part of high school (except for my time on the debate team). I wish I was more like Mr. Sagan--passionate, articulate, smart and just an all-around swell guy.
I've read just about everything by Mr. Sagan--Broca's Brain, Billions and Billions, etc. So, I found all of the interviews in this book to cover almost everything he has done except in a brief, superficial way.
And I should have expected this. An interview for radio, TV or a magazine is obviously going to be much shorter than anything written by Mr. Sagan.
When Ira Flatow of NPR fame took questions from the audience, the result was predictable. Some lame questions and some softballs. But Mr. Sagan answered the questions with aplomb.
The really early interviews were the most interesting. Knowing the fame he achieved later in life, it was fascinating, almost exciting, to read his interviews when he was a "run of the mill" astrophysicist.
I can't really recommend this for anyone who has read a lot of his work. The interview are simply too "airy". However, if you've seen just Cosmos or read one or two books, then you'll probably find this quite a good read.
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Amazon's description of this book was: This volume shows how Sagan, a lifelong skeptic, refined his views and expressed amazement that Earth, for all his belief in extraterrestrial life, encompasses everything about which he cared." After reading the first story I could not figure out what was going on. As you can see from the Table of Contents. This book contains 29 short stories written by amateurs. The only 'conversation' these stories have in common is they contain the WORD Carl somewhere in them. There is NO mention anywhere in this book about Carl Sagan. Carl Sagan did not write a SINGLE sentence in this book. I don't know how they can get away with this
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