Cosmos Possible Worlds, Ann Druyan
Cosmos Possible Worlds, Ann Druyan
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Cosmos: Possible Worlds

Author: Ann Druyan

Narrator: Ann Druyan, Jennice Ontiveros

Unabridged: 10 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/25/2020


Synopsis

This new and long-awaited sequel to Carl Sagan's international bestseller continues the electrifying journey through space and time, linking worlds within and worlds billions of miles away and envisioning a future of science tempered with wisdom.

Based on National Geographic's internationally-renowned television series, this groundbreaking and visually stunning book explores how science and civilization grew up together. From the emergence of life at deep-sea vents to solar-powered starships sailing through the galaxy, from the Big Bang to the intricacies of intelligence in many life forms, acclaimed author Ann Druyan documents where humanity has been and where it is going, using her unique gift of bringing complex scientific concepts to life. With evocative photographs and vivid illustrations, she recounts momentous discoveries, from the Voyager missions in which she and her husband, Carl Sagan, participated to Cassini-Huygens's recent insights into Saturn's moons. This breathtaking sequel to Sagan's masterpiece explains how we humans can glean a new understanding of consciousness here on Earth and out in the cosmos--again reminding us that our planet is a pale blue dot in an immense universe of possibility.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gabriela on January 24, 2020

Beautiful, poetic and very inspirational love letter to science, life and the human potential.......more

Goodreads review by Kam Yung on April 19, 2020

A fascinating and at times, personal, journey through time, space, and history by the author as she explores not the just the universe as we know it, but also the various stories of people throughout history who have placed the importance of science and other people above their own. The book is not......more

Goodreads review by Gendou on October 10, 2020

I love the original Cosmos more than just about anything in the world. Ann does a superb job trying to captain the ship all by herself. And in truth she isn't alone. She had feedback including from her son Sam. Hits the mark: * Poetry and cosmic perspective; I wept several times * Inspiring, relevant st......more

Goodreads review by Meg - A Bookish Affair on November 10, 2020

4.5 stars. "Cosmos: Possible Worlds" is the sequel to Carl Sagan's book, "Cosmos" and it is a worthy follow-on. This book explores so many corners of our universe and highlights many people who took scientific exploration further than it has ever gone before and tried to figure out this big, amazing......more

Goodreads review by Hamid on May 27, 2020

Our universe began some 14 billion years ago when matter, energy, time, and space burst forth. And the darkness was cold, and the light was hot, and the union of these extremes gave shape to matter and there was structure. And there were great stars hundreds of times the mass of our sun. And these sta......more