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Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

by Carl Sagan

Humanity’s place in a vast cosmos

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    Praised in a front-page review by The Washington Post Book World

    A front-page review praises the book as fascinating, memorable, and revealing, and calls it perhaps the best of ...

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Humanity’s place in a vast cosmos

Carl Sagan connects the history of space exploration with questions about humanity’s future beyond Earth. The book considers the prospect of moving through the solar system and toward more distant worlds, presenting space exploration and settlement as central to his argument about human survival. Its subject spans astronomy, the story of reaching into space, and the possible horizons that lie ahead, making it both a look at the cosmos and a reflection on humanity’s long-term future.

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  • Readers interested in astronomy and space exploration.
  • Readers curious about the history and future possibilities of human activity beyond Earth.
  • Readers who enjoy science writing that links cosmic subjects to questions about humanity’s future.

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Space explorationHumanity’s futureSurvivalAstronomy and the cosmos

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Book overview

"Fascinating . . . memorable . . . revealing . . . perhaps the best of Carl Sagan's books."--The Washington Post Book World (front page review)

In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the magnificent mystery of the Universe and made it accessible to millions of people around the world. Now in this stunning sequel, Carl Sagan completes his revolutionary journey through space and time.

Future generations will look back on our epoch as the time when the human race finally broke into a radically new frontier--space. In Pale Blue Dot, Sagan traces the spellbinding history of our launch into the cosmos and assesses the future that looms before us as we move out into our own solar system and on to distant galaxies beyond. The exploration and eventual settlement of other worlds is neither a fantasy nor luxury, insists Sagan, but rather a necessary condition for the survival of the human race.

"Takes readers far beyond Cosmos . . . Sagan sees humanity's future in the stars."--Chicago Tribune
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