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portada Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Year
1997
Language
English
Pages
384
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
21.1 x 13.9 x 2.1 cm
Weight
0.31 kg.
ISBN
0345376595
ISBN13
9780345376596
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Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

Carl Sagan (Author) · Ann Druyan (Author) · Ballantine Books · Paperback

Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space - Sagan, Carl ; Druyan, Ann

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Synopsis "Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space "

"Fascinating . . . memorable . . . revealing . . . perhaps the best of Carl Sagan's 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 humanity's future in the stars."--Chicago Tribune
Carl Sagan
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Carl Edward Sagan (New York, November 9, 1934-Seattle, December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, astrobiologist, writer, and science communicator. Initially, he was an associate professor at Harvard University and later became the principal professor at Cornell University. At the latter, he was the first scientist to hold the David Duncan Professorship of Astronomy and Space Sciences, established in 1976, and was also the director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies.

He was an advocate for scientific skeptical thinking and the scientific method, a pioneer of exobiology, and a promoter of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence through the SETI project. He encouraged sending messages aboard space probes, intended to inform potential extraterrestrial civilizations about human culture. Through his observations of the atmosphere of Venus, he was among the first scientists to study the greenhouse effect on a planetary scale.

Carl Sagan gained great popularity thanks to the award-winning documentary television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, produced in 1980, of which he was the narrator and co-author. It was the most-watched series in the history of American public television, with an audience of more than 500 million people in about 60 countries. To accompany the series, the book Cosmos was published. He also wrote the 1985 science fiction novel Contact, which was the basis for the eponymous 1997 film. His publications, which contain 595,000 articles, are archived in the Library of Congress.

He also published numerous scientific articles, and was the author, co-author, or editor of more than twenty popular science books. In 1978, he won the Pulitzer Prize for "General Non-Fiction Literature" for his book The Dragons of Eden.

Throughout his life, Sagan received numerous awards and honors for his work as a communicator of science and culture. Today, he is considered one of the most charismatic and influential science communicators, thanks to his ability to convey scientific ideas and cultural aspects to the general public with simplicity yet rigor.
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Pablo Arteaga Thursday, February 28, 2013
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Muy buen libro de Carl Sagan. No lo había encontrado en ningun lado hasta que llegó a mi casa. Altamente recomendado

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 Sally Cluer Tuesday, December 03, 2024
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 Francina Agosti Tuesday, December 31, 2024
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Everything was great -- as expected. Only the delivery time was a bit longer than predicted.

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 Ángela María López Arbeláez Monday, July 07, 2025
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Excelente edición

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 Alex Thursday, September 22, 2011

Es uno de los mejores libros de Carl Sagan, si quieres echar a volar tu imaginacion con la extraodinaria inteligencia del autor, compralo !

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