by Carl Sagan · Planeta Pub Corp · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432036262
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Cosmos is a masterpiece by Carl Sagan that explores science in its broadest human context, narrating how science and civilization grew together. This book tells the story of our long journey of discovery, highlighting the forces and individuals who shaped modern science, from Democritus and Hypatia to Kepler, Newton, and more. Sagan takes us through spacecraft missions, research in the Library of Alexandria, the human brain, Egyptian hieroglyphs, the origin of life, the evolution of galaxies, and the origins of matter, the sun, and worlds. A cosmic journey of fifteen billion years that has transformed matter into life and consciousness, allowing the cosmos to marvel about itself.
Astrónomo y divulgador científico estadounidense, autor de Cosmos y de Contacto. Fue una de las voces más influyentes de la astronomía planetaria y de la defensa del pensamiento crítico en el siglo XX.
