Cosmos
by Carl Sagan
Taste attributes: documentaryrobots/ai/spacehistoricalslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearbig & variedemotive & stirringsocial commentaryall consuming quest
Boxlist takeOriginal and expansive: a realistic non-fiction book, slow-burning rather than fast. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.
Pace: slow · Originality: very fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.6 / 5
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About This Book
This book is about science in its broadest human context, how science and civilization grew up together. It is the story of our long journey of discovery and the forces and individuals who helped to shape modern science, including Democritus, Hypatia, Kepler, Newton, Huygens, Champollion, Lowell and Humason.
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- Author
- Carl Sagan
- Published
- 1980
- Pages
- 354
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- Open Library
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