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Cosmos : possible worlds / Ann Druyan.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Washington, D.C., National Geographic, 2020Description: 383 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (some color) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781426219085 (trade hardcover)
  • 1426219083 (trade hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 520
LOC classification:
  • QB 44.3 D797c 2020
Contents:
Foreword by Neil deGrasse Tyson -- Prologue -- Ladder to the stars -- Oh, Mighty King -- Lost city of life -- Vavilov -- The cosmic connectome -- The man of a trillion worlds -- The search for intelligent life on earth -- The sacrifice of Cassini -- Magic without lies -- A tale of two atoms -- The fleeting grace of the habitable zone -- Coming of age in the Anthropocene -- A possible world.
Summary: "Cosmos: Possible Worlds travels through more than 14 billion years of cosmic evolution and into an astonishing future where probes travel by light beams to distant stars, helping us solve enduring mysteries of our origins and dream toward an unimaginable time ahead."-- Provided by publisher.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) QB 44.3 D797c 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000174169
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QB 44.2 S129c 1983 Cosmos / QB 44.2 S129c 1997 Cosmos / QB 44.2 S129c 2013 Cosmos / QB 44.3 D797c 2020 Cosmos : possible worlds / QB 45 G146a 2008 A ras de cielo : guía de observación astronómica para conocer el firmamento / QB 45 S451h 2000 Horizons : exploring the universe / QB 45 S628b 1959 A brief text in astronomy /

Companion text to television series of same title.

"The sequel to Carl Sagan's beloved classic" -- Jacket cover

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword by Neil deGrasse Tyson -- Prologue -- Ladder to the stars -- Oh, Mighty King -- Lost city of life -- Vavilov -- The cosmic connectome -- The man of a trillion worlds -- The search for intelligent life on earth -- The sacrifice of Cassini -- Magic without lies -- A tale of two atoms -- The fleeting grace of the habitable zone -- Coming of age in the Anthropocene -- A possible world.

"Cosmos: Possible Worlds travels through more than 14 billion years of cosmic evolution and into an astonishing future where probes travel by light beams to distant stars, helping us solve enduring mysteries of our origins and dream toward an unimaginable time ahead."-- Provided by publisher.

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