Cosmos : possible worlds / Ann Druyan.

By:

Druyan, Ann, 1949- [author.]

Contributor(s):

National Geographic Society (U.S.) [publisher.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2020]Copyright date: �2020Description: 383 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781426219085 (hardcover)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

520 23

LOC classification:

QB44.3 .D78 2019

Contents:

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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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
500 - 599	West Grey Ayton Branch Shelves	Non-fiction	520 DRU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		33321003199511

Total holds: 0

Companion text to television series of same title.

"The sequel to Carl Sagan's beloved classic"--Front jacket cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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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