内容简介
Thebest-sellingsciencebookeverpublishedintheEnglishlanguage,COSMOSisamagnificentoverviewofthepast,present,andfutureofscience.Brilliantandprovocative,ittracestoday'sknowledgeandscientificmethodstotheirhistoricalroots,blendingscienceandphilosophyinawhollyenergeticandirresistibleway.
作者简介
CarlSaganwastheDavidDuncanProfessorofAstronomyandSpaceSciencesandDirectoroftheLaboratoryforPlanetaryStudiesatCornellUniversity;DistinguishedVisitingScientistattheJetPropulsionLaboratory,CaliforniaInstituteofTechnology;andthecofounderandPresidentofthePlanetarySociety,thelargestspace-interestgroupintheworld.FortheNationalAeronauticsandSpaceAdministration,hewasanadviserontheMariner,Voyager,andVikingunmannedspacemissions,andhebriefedastronautsforjourneystothemoon.HisPeabodyAward-winningpublictelevisionseries,Cosmos,hasbeenseenbymorethan500millionpeopleinoversixtycountries,andtheaccompanyingbookspentseventyweeksonTheNewYorkTimesbestsellerlist.Theauthorofthirtybooks,SaganwasawardedthePulitzerPrizeforTheDragonsofEden:SpeculationsontheEvolutionofHumanIntelligencein1978,andhisnovelContact,isnowamajormotionpicture.IntheirposthumousawardtoDr.Saganoftheirhighesthonor,theNationalScienceFoundationdeclaredthathisresearchtransformedplanetaryscience...hisgiftstomankindwereinfinite.
