An edition of Cosmos (1980)

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An edition of Cosmos (1980)

Cosmos

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Escrito por um dos maiores divulgadores de ciência do século XX, Cosmos retraça 14 bilhões de anos de evolução cósmica, explorando tópicos como a origem da vida, o cérebro humano, hieróglifos egípcios, missões espaciais, a morte do sol, a evolução das galáxias e as forças e indivíduos que ajudaram a moldar a ciência moderna. Numa prosa transparente, Carl Sagan revela os segredos do planeta azul habitado por uma forma de vida que apenas começa a descobrir sua própria identidade e a se aventurar no vasto oceano do espaço sideral. Aqui, o tratamento dos temas científicos está sempre imbricado com outros campos de estudo tradicionais, como história, antropologia, arte e filosofia. Publicado pela primeira vez em 1980, Cosmos reúne alguns dos conhecimentos mais avançados da época sobre a natureza, a vida e o Universo ― e se mantém até hoje como uma das mais importantes obras de divulgação científica da história. Embora diversas descobertas fascinantes tenham ocorrido nos últimos quarenta anos, o tema central deste livro nunca estará desatualizado: nosso fascínio pelo conhecimento e a prática da ciência como atividade cultural.

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Language
Portuguese
Pages
488

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Cover of: Cosmos
Cosmos
Oct 26, 2017, Companhia das Letras
paperback in Portuguese
Cover of: Cosmos
Cosmos
2013, Ballantine Books
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Shen mi de yu zhou: Cosmos
2008, Tianjin she hui ke xue yuan chu ban she
in Chinese
Cover of: Unser Kosmos
Unser Kosmos: eine Reise durch das Weltall
1989, Droemer Knaur
in German - Vollst. Taschenbuchausg.
Cover of: Cosmos
Cosmos
1985, Ballantine Books
in English - 1st Ballantine Books ed.
Cover of: Unser Kosmos
Unser Kosmos: Eine Reise durch as Weltall
1982, Droemer Knaur
hardcover in German
Cover of: Cosmos
Cosmos
1981, Éditions Sélect
in French
Cover of: Cosmos
Cosmos
1980, Random House
Capa dura in English - 1st Edition
Cover of: Cosmos
Cosmos
1980, Random House
in English
Cover of: Cosmos
Cosmos
1980, Random House
in English - 1st Edition
Cover of: Cosmos
Cosmos
1980, Random House
in English - 1st ed.

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Edition Notes

Source title: Cosmos (Em Portuguese do Brasil)

Translation Of
Cosmos
Translated From
English

The Physical Object

Format
paperback
Number of pages
488

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL30698414M
ISBN 10
8535929886
ISBN 13
9788535929881

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL15829966W

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Work Description

This book is about science in its broadest human context, how science and civilization grew up together. It is the story of our long journey of discovery and the forces and individuals who helped to shape modern science, including Democritus, Hypatia, Kepler, Newton, Huygens, Champollion, Lowell and Humason. The book also explores spacecraft missions of discovery of the nearby planets, the research in the Library of ancient Alexandria, the human brain, Egyptian hieroglyphics, the origin of life, the death of the Sun, the evolution of galaxies and the origins of matter, suns and worlds. The author retraces the fifteen billion years of cosmic evolution that have transformed matter into life and consciousness, enabling the cosmos to wonder about itself. He considers the latest findings on life elsewhere and how we might communicate with the beings of other worlds. ~ WorldCat.org

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