Cosmos
New York: Random House, 1980. 6th Printing. Large Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Item #2322450
ISBN: 0394502949
6th printing. Top edge lightly foxed, jacket edges lightly rubbed with 1 inch scrape and associated 1/2 inch internal tear along spine, ink gift note on front endpaper.
xvi, 365 pp. Color and black-and-white photographs throughout text. "The best-selling science book ever published in the English language, Cosmos is a magnificent overview of the past, present, and future of science. Brilliant and provocative, it traces today's knowledge and scientific methods to their historical roots, blending science and philosophy in a wholly energetic and irresistible way." CONTENTS: Introduction; The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean; One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue; The Harmony of Worlds; Heaven and Hell; Blues for a Red Planet; Travelers' Tales; The Backbone of Night; Travels in Space and Time; The Lives of the Stars; The Edge of Forever; The Persistence of Memory; Encyclopaedia Galactica; Who Speaks for Earth?; Appendix 1: Reductio ad Absurdum and the Square Root of Two; Appendix 2: The Five Pythagorean Solids; For Further Reading; Index.
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