Cosmos: Possible Worlds
By: Ann Druyan
4.41
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
This sequel to Carl Sagan's blockbuster continues the electrifying journey through space and time, …
Want to Read $ 14.99"The “pale blue dot"-Ann Druyan, Cosmos: Possible Worlds
"The “pale blue dot"-Ann Druyan, Cosmos: Possible Worlds
"The “pale blue dot"-Ann Druyan, Cosmos: Possible Worlds
"Oh mighty King, you, who are so powerful you can take hundreds of thousands of lives at your whim. Show me how powerful you really are-give back just one life you've taken." Asoka (pg 82)."-Ann Druyan, Cosmos: Possible Worlds
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1. The Grand Design
By: Stephen Hawking , Leonard Mlodinow
4.06
Format: 199 pages, Hardcover
THE FIRST MAJOR WORK IN NEARLY A DECADE BY ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREAT THINKERS—A MARVELOUSLY CONCISE … read more
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- philosophy
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"Suntem cu toții plăsmuiri ale visului cuiva."-Stephen Hawking, The Grand Design
"Suntem produsul fluctuațiilor cuantice din universul foarte timpuriu."-Stephen Hawking, The Grand Design
"Most laws of nature exist as part of a larger, interconnected system of laws."-Stephen Hawking, The Grand Design
"Noi creăm istoria prin observațiile noastre, iar nu istoria ne creează pe noi."-Stephen Hawking, The Grand Design
2. The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God
By: Carl Sagan , Ann Druyan
4.29
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
On the 10th anniversary of his death, brilliant astrophysicist and Pulitzer Prize winner Carl Sagan… read more
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"We make our purpose."-Carl Sagan, The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God
"Beep glagga beep wonk beep beep."-Carl Sagan, The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God
"Science is only a Latin word for knowledge"-Carl Sagan, The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God
"Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception."-Carl Sagan, The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God
3. Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
By: Carl Sagan , Ann Druyan
4.34
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Carl Sagan traces our exploration of space and suggests that our very… read more
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- history
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- nonfiction
- astronomy
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"Sailors on a becalmed sea, we sense the stirring of a breeze."-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
"It does no harm to the romance of the sunset to know a little about it."-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
"Science cuts two ways, of course; its products can be used for both good and evil. But there's no turning back from science."-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
"I remind myself that madmen really exist. Sometimes they achieve the highest levels of political power in modern industrial nations."-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
4. We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe
By: Jorge Cham , Daniel Whiteson
4.28
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
Prepare to learn everything we still don't know about our strange, mostly mysterious universe. P… read more
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"Antiwater would look and feel and behave the same way as regular water except that if you drank it you would explode in a blinding flash of light, which, we admit, would be antirefreshing."-Jorge Cham, We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe
"A single gram of antiparticles combined with a gram of normal particles would release more than 40 kilotonnes of explosive force, which is more than twice as powerful as the atomic bombs dropped by t…"-Jorge Cham, We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe
5. Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium
By: Carl Sagan , Ann Druyan
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
In the final book of his astonishing career, Carl Sagan brilliantly examines the burning questions … read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- astronomy
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- science
6. Human Universe
By: Brian Cox , Andrew Cohen
3.63
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Human life is a staggeringly strange thing. On the surface of a ball of rock falling around a nucle… read more
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- audiobook
7. Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation
By: Bill Nye
3.54
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Sparked by a provocative comment to BigThink.com last fall, and fueled by a highly controversial de… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
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- audiobook
8. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
By: Carl Sagan , Ann Druyan
4.29
Format: 459 pages, Paperback
How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t un… read more
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- history
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- physics
- science
"Gullibility kills."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Occasionally, I get a letter from someone who is in “contact"-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you're in love, you want to tell the world."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
9. Cosmos
By: Carl Sagan
4.39
Format: 384 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The story of fifteen billion years of cosmic evolution transforming matter and life into consciousn… read more
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- history
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- astronomy
- space
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"We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
"Civilization is a product of the cerebral cortex."-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
"Observation: I can't see a thing. Conclusion: Dinosaurs."-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
"We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands."-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
10. Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science
By: Carl Sagan
3.81
Format: 320 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Carl Sagan, writer & scientist, returns from the frontier to tell us about how the world works. In … read more
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11. Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution
By: Neil deGrasse Tyson , Donald Goldsmith
4.09
Format: 372 pages, Paperback
"An accessible and extremely well-written exploration of the deep waters of cosmology, astrophysics… read more
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12. Chariots of The Gods
By: Erich von Däniken
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
Erich von Daniken's Chariots of the Gods is a work of monumental importance--the first book to intr… read more
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13. Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
By: Carl Sagan
4.19
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Dr Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his vivid and startling insights into… read more
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14. The Universe in a Nutshell
By: Stephen Hawking
4.18
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
Stephen Hawking’s phenomenal, multimillion-copy bestseller, A Brief History of Time, introduced the… read more
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"Claramente, el crecimiento exponencial actual no puede continuar indefinidamente."-Stephen Hawking, The Universe in a Nutshell
"No creo que la especie humana haya llegado tan lejos sólo para eliminarse a sí misma cuando las cosas se están poniendo interesantes."-Stephen Hawking, The Universe in a Nutshell
"Se chegássemos ao fim da linha, o espírito humano definharia e morreria. Mas não creio que um dia sossegaremos: aumentaremos em complexidade, se não em profundidade, e seremos sempre o centro de um h…"-Stephen Hawking, The Universe in a Nutshell
"When Copernicus and Galileo discovered that the planets orbit the Sun rather than the Earth, and Newton discovered the laws that govern their motion, astrology became extremely implausible. Why shoul…"-Stephen Hawking, The Universe in a Nutshell
15. The World According to Physics
By: Jim Al-Khalili
4.13
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Quantum physicist, New York Times bestselling author, and BBC host Jim Al-Khalili offers a fascinat… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- space
- physics
- nature
- science
"The true beauty of physics, for me, is found not only in abstract equations or in surprising experimental results, but in the deep underlying principles that govern the way the world is."-Jim Al-Khalili, The World According to Physics
"By thinking about what we don't yet know, we can think about how we can best find out. It is the many questions we have asked over the course of our human history that have given us an ever-more-accu…"-Jim Al-Khalili, The World According to Physics
"Let me first make two important assumptions, which I will discuss in more detail later on, but will now just say that they are both supported strongly by observational evidence: (1) that the laws of …"-Jim Al-Khalili, The World According to Physics
"The trustworthiness of science comes not from certainty, but from its very openness about its uncertainty, always calling into question what we currently understand and being prepared to replace that…"-Jim Al-Khalili, The World According to Physics
16. Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide to Atheism
By: Richard Dawkins
4.05
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Should we believe in God? In this new book, written for a new generation, the brilliant science wri… read more
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- audiobook
"These beliefs contradict each other, so they can’t be all right"-Richard Dawkins, Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide to Atheism
"If I’d been born in ancient Greece, I’d worship Zeus and Aphrodite"-Richard Dawkins, Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide to Atheism
"But failure to disprove something is not a good reason to believe it."-Richard Dawkins, Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide to Atheism
"There are so many different faiths. How do you know the holy book you have been brought up with is the true one? And if all the others are wrong, what makes you think your holy book isn’t wrong too?"-Richard Dawkins, Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide to Atheism
17. Cosmos: Possible Worlds
By: Ann Druyan
4.41
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
This sequel to Carl Sagan's blockbuster continues the electrifying journey through space and time, … read more
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"The “pale blue dot"-Ann Druyan, Cosmos: Possible Worlds
"Oh mighty King, you, who are so powerful you can take hundreds of thousands of lives at your whim. Show me how powerful you really are-give back just one life you've taken." Asoka (pg 82)."-Ann Druyan, Cosmos: Possible Worlds
"Науката, подобно на любовта, е средство за достигане на тази трансцеденталност, на онова извисяващо преживяване - целостта да бъдеш напълно жив. научният подход към природата и моето разбиране за люб…"-Ann Druyan, Cosmos: Possible Worlds
"Science, like love, is a means to that transcendence, to that soaring experience of the oneness of being fully alive. The scientific approach to nature and my understanding of love are the same: Love…"-Ann Druyan, Cosmos: Possible Worlds
18. Cosmic Queries: StarTalk's Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going
By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
4.17
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
In this thought-provoking follow-up to his acclaimed StarTalk book, uber astrophysicist Neil deGras… read more
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"I occasionally wonder if the entire Universe is nothing more than a snow-globe on the living room mantle of a space alien."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Cosmic Queries: StarTalk's Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going
19. Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military
By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
3.64
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
“Extraordinary.… A feast of history, an expert tour through thousands of years of war and conquest.… read more
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"With only rare exceptions, history shows that while strategy and bravery can win a battle, the frontiers of science and technology must be exploited to win a war."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military
"America may be losing a competitive edge in many enterprises, from cars to space, riffed National Public Radio host Scott Simon in the summer of 2010, "but as long as we can devise a five-bladed, min…"-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military
20. Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto
By: Alan Stern
4.36
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Alan Stern and David Grinspoon take us behind the scenes of the science, politics, egos, and public… read more
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"When word of the astronomers’ vote in Prague reached the New Horizons team, reactions ranged from indifferent (“Who cares what astronomers think? They’re not the experts in this."-Alan Stern, Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto
"The people who created this amazing mission of exploration chased their new horizons hard; they never let go of their dream; they put everything they had into it; and eventually they chased it down a…"-Alan Stern, Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto
"No doubt, there was something that drew people to this particular launch—a sense of something epochal, a passing of the torch from Voyager to a new generation of explorers who had been inspired by Vo…"-Alan Stern, Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto
"They had done it! Against all the struggles, doubts, and naysayers of the past 17 years, a spaceship had left Earth that day on its way to explore the Pluto system. With it rode the hopes of its team…"-Alan Stern, Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto
21. Astrobiology: The Search for Life Elsewhere in the Universe
By: Andrew May
3.91
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Extraterrestrial life is a common theme in science fiction, but is it a serious prospect in the rea… read more
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