A fitting testament to one of the great scientific minds of our day, Billions & Billions, the final book of Sagan\'s astonishing career, brilliantly examines the burning questions of our lives, our world, and the universe around us.
Acclaimed scientist Carl Sagan combines his logic and knowledge.
And now, Sagan has given the world its latest challenge: Billions & Billions.--San Antonio Express-News [Sagan\'s] inspiration and boundless curiosity live on in the gift of his work.--Seattle Times & Post-Intelligencer Couldn\'t stay awake in your high school science classes? This book can help fill in the holes.
Darwin challenged Creationism with his Evolution of Species.
Galileo determined that the Earth revolved around the Sun, not the other way around.
Human history includes a number of leaders with great minds who gave us theories about our universe and origins that ran contrary to religious dogma. . . .
All of those interests and causes are handsomely represented in Billions & Billions.--The Washington Post Book World Astronomer Carl Sagan didn\'t live to see the millennium, but he probably has done more than any other popular scientist to prepare us for its arrival.--Atlanta Journal & Constitution Billions & Billions can be interpreted as the Silent Spring for the current generation.
Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel Sagan used the spotlight of his fame to illuminate the abyss into which stupidity, greed, and the lust for power may yet dump us.
Praise for Billions & Billions [Sagan\'s] writing brims with optimism, clarity and compassion.--Ft.
Ever forward-looking and vibrant with the sparkle of his unquenchable curiosity, Billions & Billions is a testament to one of the great scientific minds of our day.
These luminous, entertaining essays travel both the vastness of the cosmos and the intimacy of the human mind, posing such fascinating questions as how did the universe originate and how will it end, and how can we meld science and compassion to meet the challenges of the coming century? Here, too, is a rare, private glimpse of Sagan\'s Thoughts about love, death, and God as he struggled with fatal disease.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - In the final book of his astonishing career, Carl Sagan brilliantly examines the burning questions of our lives, our world, and the universe around us.
A fitting testament to one of the great scientific minds of our day, Billions & Billions, the final book of Sagan\'s astonishing career, brilliantly examines the burning questions of our lives, our world, and the universe around us
