Carl Sagan served as the David Duncan 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, Voyager, and Galileo spacecraft expeditions, for
which he received the NASA Medals for Exceptional Scientific
Achievement and (twice) for Distinguished Public Service.
His Emmy- and Peabody–winning television series, Cosmos, became the
most widely watched series in the history of American public
television. The accompanying book, also called Cosmos, is one of
the bestselling science books ever published in the English
language. Dr. Sagan received the Pulitzer Prize, the Oersted Medal,
and many other awards—including twenty honorary degrees from
American colleges and universities—for his contributions to
science, literature, education, and the preservation of the
environment. In their posthumous award to Dr. Sagan of their
highest honor, the National Science Foundation declared that his
“research transformed planetary science . . . his gifts to mankind
were infinite." Dr. Sagan died on December 20, 1996.
“A history of the human brain from the big bang, fifteen billion
years ago, to the day before yesterday . . . It's a delight.”—The
New York Times
“How can I persuade every intelligent person to read this important
and elegant book? . . . He talks about all kinds of things: the why
of the pain of human childbirth . . . the reason for sleeping and
dreaming . . . chimpanzees taught to communicate in deaf and dumb
language . . . the definition of death . . . cloning . . .
computers . . . intelligent life on other planets. . . .
Fascinating . . . delightful.”—The Boston Globe
“In some lost Eden where dragons ruled, the foundations of our
intelligence were laid. . . . Carl Sagan takes us on a guided tour
of that lost land. . . . Fascinating . . . entertaining . . .
masterful.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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