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In this book, his last, Carl Sagan shows once again his extraordinary ability to interpret the mysteries of life and the majesty of the universe for the general reader.
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Spare, earnest, contemporary and epic.
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Carl Sagan
- First published
- 1997
- Pages
- 292
- Publisher
- Brilliance Audio, Brand: Random House Value Publishing, TÜBITAK Yayinlari
- Editions
- 19
- Language
- Polish, English, Spanish, tur
- ISBN
- 9788535911947
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“I never said it.”
Carl Sagan was an American Pulitzer-prize winning author and astrophysicist. Sagan is the author of more than 600 publications. <q>“For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.” </cite>― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark</cite></q>
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