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Carl Sagan: A Life

Carl Sagan: A Life

Davidson, Keay

Hardcover

Biographies GeneralHistorical Figures

Publisher Price: $42.95

ISBN10: 1620455919
ISBN13: 9781620455913
Publisher: Trade Paper Press
Published: Aug 31 2000
Pages: 580
Weight: 2.24
Height: 1.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A penetrating, mesmerizing biography of a scientific icon

Absolutely fascinating . . . Davidson has done a remarkable job.-Sir Arthur C. Clarke

Engaging . . . accessible, carefully documented . . . sophisticated.-Dr. David Hollinger for The New York Times Book Review

Entertaining . . . Davidson treats [the] nuances of Sagan's complex life with understanding and sympathy.-The Christian Science Monitor

Excellent . . . Davidson acts as a keen critic to Sagan's works and their vast uncertainties.-Scientific American

A fascinating book about an extraordinary man.-Johnny Carson

Davidson, an award-winning science writer, has written an absorbing portrait of this Pied Piper of planetary science. Davidson thoroughly explores Sagan's science, wrestles with his politics, and plumbs his personal passions with a telling instinct for the revealing underside of a life lived so publicly.-Los Angeles Times

Carl Sagan was one of the most celebrated scientists of this century-the handsome and alluring visionary who inspired a generation to look to the heavens and beyond. His life was both an intellectual feast and an emotional rollercoaster. Based on interviews with Sagan's family and friends, including his widow, Ann Druyan; his first wife, acclaimed scientist Lynn Margulis; and his three sons, as well as exclusive access to many personal papers, this highly acclaimed life story offers remarkable insight into one of the most influential, provocative, and beloved figures of our time-a complex, contradictory prophet of the Space Age.

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