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內容簡介

內容簡介 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.

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各界推薦 蟬連《紐約時報》暢銷書排行榜達70週！ 二十世紀最受歡迎的天文學家薩根博士，在《宇宙‧宇宙》一書中，探訪人類科學與文明的發展歷程，再回溯地球生命的起源，更將視野擴展至恆星的生與死、星系的創生與舞動、直至宇宙的開展與變化，原來當宇宙中的原子與塵埃一次次轉化為星球之際，星球上的原子也緩慢演化成地球上繽紛美好的生命，當然包括我們人類在內。 本書之同名電視影集是全球最多人觀賞的公共電視節目之一，曾獲艾美獎等多項美國電視影集獎項，與本書同為天文科學普及教育的典範與里程碑。

作者介紹

作者介紹 Carl Sagan was the David Duncan Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences and Director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University; Distinguished Visiting Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology; and the cofounder and President of the Planetary Society, the largest space-interest group in the world. For the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, he was an adviser on the Mariner, Voyager, and Viking unmanned space missions, and he briefed astronauts for journeys to the moon. His Peabody Award-winning public television series, Cosmos, has been seen by more than 500 million people in over sixty countries, and the accompanying book spent seventy weeks on The New York Times bestseller list. The author of thirty books, Sagan was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence in 1978, and his novel Contact, is now a major motion picture.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.From the Hardcover edition.

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