Description: Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan Examines humankinds changing awareness of its place in the universe and the rich potential of human ventures into the world beyond Earth. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "Fascinating . . . memorable . . . revealing . . . perhaps the best of Carl Sagans 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 humanitys future in the stars."—Chicago Tribune Author Biography Carl Sagan served as the David Duncan Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences and Director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University. He played a leading role in the Mariner, Viking, Voyager, and Galileo spacecraft expeditions, for which he received the NASA Medals for Exceptional Scientific Achievement and (twice) for Distinguished Public Service. His Emmy- and Peabody–winning television series, Cosmos, became the most widely watched series in the history of American public television. The accompanying book, also called Cosmos, is one of the bestselling science books ever published in the English language. Dr. Sagan received the Pulitzer Prize, the Oersted Medal, and many other awards—including twenty honorary degrees from American colleges and universities—for his contributions to science, literature, education, and the preservation of the environment. 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." Dr. Sagan died on December 20, 1996. Excerpt from Book 1 The spacecraft was a long way from home, beyond the orbit of the outermost planet and high above the ecliptic plane--which is an imaginary flat surface that we can think of as something like a racetrack in which the orbits of the planets are mainly confined. The ship was speeding away from the Sun at 40,000 miles per hour. But in early February of 1990, it was overtaken by an urgent message from Earth. Obediently, it turned its cameras back toward the now-distant planets. Slewing its scan platform from one spot in the sky to another, it snapped 60 pictures and stored them in digital form on its tape recorder. Then, slowly, in March, April, and May, it radioed the data back to Earth. Each image was composed of 640,000 individual picture elements ("pixels"), like the dots in a newspaper wirephoto or a pointillist painting. The spacecraft was 3.7 billion miles away from Earth, so far away that it took each pixel 5 Details ISBN0345376595 Author Ann Druyan Short Title PALE BLUE DOT Pages 384 Language English ISBN-10 0345376595 ISBN-13 9780345376596 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 919.904 Year 1997 Imprint Ballantine Books Inc. Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Birth 1934 Alternative 9781578150007 Residence US Death 1996 Subtitle A Vision of the Human Future in Space DOI 10.1604/9780345376596 UK Release Date 1997-09-08 AU Release Date 1997-09-08 NZ Release Date 1997-09-08 US Release Date 1997-09-08 Publisher Random House USA Inc Publication Date 1997-09-08 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:2626561;
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