Comet, Carl Sagan
Comet, Carl Sagan
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Comet

Author: Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan

Narrator: Seth MacFarlane, Bahni Turpin

Unabridged: 12 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/25/2017

Synopsis

Comet begins with a breathtaking journey through space astride a comet. Pulitzer Prize-winning astronomer Carl Sagan, author of Cosmos and Contact, and writer Ann Druyan explore the origin, nature, and future of comets, and the exotic myths and portents attached to them. The authors show how comets have spurred some of the great discoveries in the history of science and raise intriguing questions about these brilliant visitors from the interstellar dark.Were the fates of the dinosaurs and the origins of humans tied to the wanderings of a comet? Are comets the building blocks from which worlds are formed? Comet is an enthralling adventure, indispensable for anyone who has ever gazed up at the heavens and wondered why.Introductory music from the original score for COSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey composed by Alan Silvestri, used with permission from Cosmos Studios, Inc. and Chappers Music. All rights reserved. Special thanks to Fuzzy Planets, Inc.

About Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan (1934-1996) was the Director of Cornell University’s Laboratory for Planetary Studies. He played a leading role in the American space program and was an adviser to NASA since its inception. He briefed the Apollo astronauts before their flights to the Moon, and was an experimenter on the Mariner, Viking, Voyager, and Galileo expeditions to the planets. He helped solve the mysteries of the high temperatures of Venus (answer: massive greenhouse effect), the seasonal changes on Mars (answer: windblown dust), and the reddish haze of Titan (answer: complex organic molecules). For his work, Dr. Sagan received the NASA medals for Exceptional Scientific Achievement, and the Pulitzer Prize for The Dragons of Eden. His 1980 television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage won the Emmy and Peabody awards. The National Science Foundation declared that his “research transformed planetary science… his gifts to mankind were infinite.”

Reviews

Goodreads review by Книжни

Когато преди време в ръцете ми попадна романа „Контакт” от Карл Сейгън се огледах какво още има преведено у нас от този велик ум на астрономията и космологията. Връхлетя ме „Комета” (изд. „Изток-Запад”) – впечатляващ труд, който Сейгън пише в съавторство със съпругата си Ан Друян, на свой ред писате......more

Goodreads review by Dele

Comet opens by taking the reader on a ride through the galaxy on a comet, experiencing everything that could have happened to the comet on its journey. Sagan and Druyan do a wonderful job telling the story of comets without having the reader feel as if they are sitting in a classroom....half bored.......more

Goodreads review by Христо

Кометите – вестители от миналото, онова, истинското и милиардогодишното: [URL not allowed]-review/k... “Комета” е шеметно пътешествие, което едновременно се вглежда в далечното минало, когато се е формирала Слънчевата система в яростни сблъсъци и кошмарни катаклизми, и далеч отвъд орбитат......more

Goodreads review by Menglong

Being the seventh Carl Sagan's book I've read,"Comet" was a book co-written by, of course, the late Great Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan in 1985 before the return of the historical comet Halley. The book offers us a spectacular ride on the comet from its origins to the point when it gets close to the Sun......more

Quotes

"Simply the best." —The Times of London"Fascinating, evocative, inspiring." —The Washington Post"Comet humanizes science. A beautiful, interesting book." —United Press International

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