books by Carl Sagan     books:       Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium75 reviews Carl Sagan Ballantine Books, 1998 Read it This book should be read by anyone, who is interested in one or more of the subjects discussed in it. It is also a good introduction to science and the scientific line of thought in general.             Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space63 reviews Carl Sagan Ballantine Books, 1997 Carl Sagan is a hero! I really enjoyed the beginning of this book when he talks about religions and supernatural claims and how they inhibit our species to progress. Reading Carl Sagan's books feels like coming up for air for the first time in a long time. The only issue I would postulate would be that it was written in 96', so it's a tad bit out of date. For example, the number of moons described that orbit Jupiter ...             Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science37 reviews Carl Sagan Ballantine Books, 1986 The antidote to science class Most of us who have been educated in the American public school system quickly learned to dread science classes as one of the more boring times of the day. The study of science class in elementary school was usually a teacher reading the text and often being reluctant to address any questions that were not covered in the teacher's edition. In high school the teacher (often hired more for their ...             Contact320 reviews Carl Sagan Pocket, 1997 Yet another lesson As most everyone agrees, the movie is never as good as the book. The better the book, the more disapointing the movie seems to be. Perhaps this is why it's my opinion that Contact movie is one of the worst adaptations of the book given all the changes made from the book to the movie. Spoilers to come. One of the key changes in the movie is Ellie's relationships - one of the key relationships in ...             The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark415 reviews Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan Ballantine Books, 1997 Changed my life What makes this book so powerful is that it has nothing to do with metaphysical beliefs, but only about the world we see and how we can make accurate conclusions about it. In other words, it's about science, not religion-- it's the polar opposite of an atheist screed. For this reason the entire work is extremely respectful and can be a cornerstone in the life of any thinking person. It provides ...             Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors58 reviews Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan Ballantine Books, 1993 Truely a Five star read I usually only do a review if the book is not well read or has no reviews yet on Amazon.com but for this book I am making an exception as I'd like to add to the voices that give it a five star rating. I had this book recommended to me by the director of a research station in the real Amazon who is an evolutionary biologist. He highly recommended the book despite my question of how could a ...             The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence66 reviews Carl Sagan Ballantine Books, 1986 One fo the best, and most important books ever written I first read this book decades ago when I was teaching Psychology, and I am still recommending it today. It is, in my option, one of the best books ever written, bar none. If someone were to come to me and say they can't afford the time or cost of going to college or grad school, but want to get to the marrow without gnawing on the bone, this is one of the first books I would recommend. It is ...             The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God78 reviews Carl Sagan Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007 Gentle, clear, rational, and utterly honest This book shows why Carl Sagan is my favorite rationalist -- he expressed his ideas in crystal clear terms while maintaining a graceful civility throughout. His arguments for rational understanding of the universe and our human place within it (without the need for "faith" or belief in the unprovable) are entirely convincing and down to earth. He expresses his views so well, they are are ...             Cosmos166 reviews Carl Sagan Ballantine Books, 1985 The Sage of NOW & the future Carl Sagan was (sadly not an IS) the prime conveyor of knowledge of our Universe.. His ability to convey to the common man how "Things worked" has never been surpassed. Simply put... He had his own way of sharing this knowledge, that will never be surpassed by anyone.... His imprint is here in this "COSMOS"... and there isn't any more definitive book or other wise that is available to the ...             A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes29 reviews Stephen W. Hawking Bantam, 1988 This Will Blow Your Mind Hawking effortlessly challenges what we think we know about time, space and everything else. It's full of easy-to-understand descriptions of some really complex thinking. And Stephen explains everything at a level anyone can understand - there is no math! It took me two weeks to make it past the first two chapters. Not because it's hard to understand, but because I wanted to make sure I truly ...             Contact Carl Sagan Pocket Books, 1985             The Faith Healers35 reviews James Randi Prometheus Books, 1989 Fascinating from cover to cover! I read a lot of science and skepticim books, so I don't usually get to "into" books, emotionally speaking. But this book is much, much different... so many times, i was absolutly infuriated at how evil people can be. The amount of physical, emotional, spiritual and financial pain that is caused by faith healers is unforgivable. Randi produces an overwhelming amount of evidence for each faith ...             Murmurs of Earth: The Voyager Interstellar Record4 reviews Carl Sagan Ballantine Books, 1978 Through the darkness... With recently announced initiatives directing us to space exploration once again, and with probes currently investigating the Martian surface, it is worthwhile to look back at a piece of history in the first great era of planetary exploration, whose heyday is arguably the journeys of Voyager I and Voyager II, the last great interplanetary probes to make a grand tour of several (in fact, most) of ...             A Brief History of Time, From the Big Bang to Black Holes1 review Stephen W.; Sagan, Carl [intro]; Hawking Bantam Books, 1988 exceptional A great book from one of the greatest minds of our time. This should be required reading for all human beings.             Murmurs of Earth3 reviews Carl Sagan Ballantine Books, 1979 Through the darkness... With recently announced initiatives directing us to space exploration once again, with the space shuttle again in orbit, and with the recent announcement of a tenth planet discovered, it is worthwhile to look back at a piece of history in the first great era of planetary exploration, whose heyday is arguably the journeys of Voyager I and Voyager II, the last great interplanetary probes to make a ...             Comet, Revised12 reviews Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan Ballantine Books, 1997 Ameteur and Armchair Astronomers will love this book I would classify myself as the Armchair type - I don't own a telescope, and shamefully I do not know my constellations, but I have enjoyed many popular books on the subject. Having just finished reading this book I am sorely tempted to get a telescope or at least go out and find a local star party (where ameteur astronomers set up their equipment and gladly share viewing opportunities with ...             Intelligent Life in the Universe7 reviews Carl Sagan, I. S. Shklovskii Holden-Day, 1984 This is the first rational book to address the probability.. of life elsewhere inthe universe. I read it first sometime in the late Sixties or early Seventies as an undergrad in engineering/physics/math. Carl Sagan created a wonderful book which has stayed with me over the course of almost 30 years now. Tim Niles             Carl Sagan's Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective6 reviews Carl Sagan Cambridge University Press, 2000 Infectious enthusiasm Carl Sagan's "The Cosmic Connection" is an enjoyable and easy-to-read survey of science and astronomy, circa 1973. Sagan's passion for his subjects comes through loud and clear in the essays that comprise this book. Reading this book is a little like watching "Cosmos" -- you're struck by the breadth of Sagan's knowledge and charmed by his imagination and wide-eyed enthusiasm for his topics. ...              search for books ancestors, billions, connection, contact, demon-haunted, dragons, evolution, experience, extraterrestrial, forgotten, haunted, healers, history, intelligence, intelligent, interstellar, millennium, murmurs, personal, perspective, reflections, revised, romance, science, scientific, shadows, speculations, thoughts, universe, varieties books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen tools & hardware: Aearo E-A-R Corded 200pr/box Ultrafit Earplugs home  impressum - about us