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 "From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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... scientists , two were planetary scientists , and the other three had published many papers in planetary science . The earliest intimation of nuclear winter came during that same Mariner 9 mission to Mars , when there was a global dust ...
... scientists , two were planetary scientists , and the other three had published many papers in planetary science . The earliest intimation of nuclear winter came during that same Mariner 9 mission to Mars , when there was a global dust ...
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... scientists stared with increasing gloom at a television monitor displaying the data transmitted to the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore from the Hubble Space Telescope . There was nothing anomalous . Shuttle astronauts ...
... scientists stared with increasing gloom at a television monitor displaying the data transmitted to the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore from the Hubble Space Telescope . There was nothing anomalous . Shuttle astronauts ...
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... scientists the coordinates of our fleeting and enigmatic events . Perhaps they would be able to confirm and clarify our results . The NASA pro- gram was also developing new technology , stimulating ideas , and exciting schoolchildren ...
... scientists the coordinates of our fleeting and enigmatic events . Perhaps they would be able to confirm and clarify our results . The NASA pro- gram was also developing new technology , stimulating ideas , and exciting schoolchildren ...
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