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Billions and billions

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An edition of Billions and billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium (1997)

Billions and billions

thoughts on life and death at the brink of the millennium

1st ed.

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  • 70 Want to read
  • 4 Currently reading
  • 15 Have read

In this book, his last, Carl Sagan shows once again his extraordinary ability to interpret the mysteries of life and the majesty of the universe for the general reader.

In Billions and Billions Sagan applies what we know about science, mathematics, and space to everyday life as well as to the exploration of many essential questions concerning the environment and our future. Ranging far and wide in subject matter, he takes his readers on a soaring journey, from the invention of chess to the possibility of life on Mars, from Monday Night Football to the relationship between the United States and Russia, from global warming to the abortion debate.

And, on a more intimate note, we are given a rare glimpse of the author himself as he movingly describes his valiant fight for his life, his love for his family, and his personal beliefs about death and God.

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Random House
Language
English
Pages
241

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Science, Popular works, Miscellanea, Science/Mathematics, Philosophy & Social Aspects, Large type books, Science -- Miscellanea -- Popular works, Science, popular works, Science, miscellanea

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Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium
March 1998, Thorndike Press
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Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium
May 12, 1998, Ballantine Books
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Bilhões e Bilhões: Reflexões sobre vida e morte na virada do milênio.
1998, Companhia das Letras
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Billions and billions: thoughts on life and death at the brink of the millennium
1998, Ballantine Pub.
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Billions and billions: thoughts on life and death at the brink of the millennium
1997, Random House
in English - 1st ed.

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-234) and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
500
Library of Congress
Q173 .S24 1997

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xii, 241 p. :
Number of pages
241

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OL1012106M
ISBN 10
0679411607
LCCN
96052730
OCLC/WorldCat
36066119
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987404
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260641

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