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Cosmos : possible worlds  Cover Image Book Book

Cosmos : possible worlds / Ann Druyan.

Druyan, Ann, 1949- (author.).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781426219085
  • ISBN: 1426219083
  • Physical Description: 383 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (some color) ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2020]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Companion text to television series of same title.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (page 376) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Foreword by Neil deGrasse Tyson -- 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.
Subject: Cosmos (Television program : 2014)
Astronomy > Popular works.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Lehigh Valley Library System.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Bethlehem Main Library 520 (Text) 33062009270431 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Easton Main Library 520 D794c (Text) 31901004425460 Adult Nonfiction Available -

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