Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
by Carl Sagan
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Author: Carl SaganEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1997-09-08
ISBN: 0345376595
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Ballantine Books
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- ISBN13: 9780345376596
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Book Reviews of Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
Book Review: Carl Sagan is a hero!
Summary: 5 Stars
I really enjoyed the beginning of this book when he talks about religions and supernatural claims and how they inhibit our species to progress. Reading Carl Sagan's books feels like coming up for air for the first time in a long time. The only issue I would postulate would be that it was written in 96', so it's a tad bit out of date. For example, the number of moons described that orbit Jupiter and Saturn is out of date and a few more other notions, but the majority of the book is still relivant.
Summary of Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
"FASCINATING . . . MEMORABLE . . . REVEALING . . . PERHAPS THE BEST OF CARL SAGAN'S BOOKS."--The Washington Post Book World (front page review)
In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the magnificent mystery of the Universe and made it accessible to millions of people around the world. Now in this stunning sequel, Carl Sagan completes his revolutionary journey through space and time.
Future generations will look back on our epoch as the time when the human race finally broke into a radically new frontier--space. In Pale Blue Dot Sagan traces the spellbinding history of our launch into the cosmos and assesses the future that looms before us as we move out into our own solar system and on to distant galaxies beyond. The exploration and eventual settlement of other worlds is neither a fantasy nor luxury, insists Sagan, but rather a necessary condition for the survival of the human race.
"TAKES READERS FAR BEYOND Cosmos . . . Sagan sees humanity's future in the stars."
--Chicago Tribune
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