El Cosmos (Spanish Edition)
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Rating | : | 4.44 (680 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1548462292 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 244 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2015-08-29 |
Language | : | Spanish |
DESCRIPTION:
Cosmos trata de la ciencia en su contexto humano más amplio y explica cómo la ciencia y la civilización se desarrollan conjuntamente.
From stars in their "billions and billions" to the amino acids in the primordial ocean, Sagan communicated a feeling for science as a process of discovery. --Mary Ellen Curtin. Sagan's own interest and enthusiasm for the universe were so vivid and infectious, his screen presence so engaging, that viewers and readers couldn't help but be caught up in his vision. And I was certain that this interest could be excited through that most powerful communications medium, television. Inevitably, some of the science in Cosmos has been outdated in the years since 1980--but Sagan's sense of wonder is ageless. Explaining how the series came about, Sagan recalled:I was positive from my own experience that an enormous global interest exists in
The possibility of trillions of planets leads us to believe many now have or have had intelligent beings. I like his books becau vikki I read this book when it was first published. Although many advancements have been made in the methods of viewing the universe, the content in this book remains relevant. Some answers to our questions have been answered only to lead to more questions. He thought that maybe most stars had planetary systems, and we now know that to be true. The poss. Ad astra! Sagan is an incarnation of science at its best: inquisitive, rational, imaginative, honest, humble, and, most of all, full of awe at the vast splendor of the cosmos. Sagan moves back and forth through time to show the evolution of the cosmos as well as the human journey of evolving consciousness and a scientific method to understand the beauty of . A brief history of the universe and its inhabitants Rama Rao This book has not been revised since its first publications in 1980, but in the meantime our understanding of physics and biology has advanced significantly. Although the book is dated, the physical principle on which the universe is founded remains unchanged. The author is a brilliant physicist & philosopher, a cosmologist, a sociologist and a hu