Cosmos: A Personal Voyage

You don't expect someone whose obvious forte is mathematics and science to be a fantastic writer to boot, but Carl Sagan writes beautifully indeed. I'll try to make this review as useful as possible. The subject matter varies between chapters, with some of them more scientifically dense (and therefore fascinating) and others are historically informative. Here is a basic topic of chapters (not in order):-A chapter putting into perspective how little we know and how many wondrous things there are yet to discover about our existence-A chapter on Venus, among other planets and bodies, within our s

This book is amazing. By reading it, you can get a grasp about universe, history, biology, chemistry, and even humanity. How lucky i am to be able to read this magical book.

Carl Sagan was a genius and this is reflected in his book Cosmos. The book tackles many subjects from the history of the universe to the inner workings of a cell. All the while Sagan is able to explain these heavy scientific topics in a way that is easy for everyone to understand. An excellent book that everyone should read.

I read this book when it came out in 1980, in hard cover version. I was a 14 year-old-boy and I think I reread Cosmos, partly because of sentimental reasons I remember a lot of nice photo's and clear graphics. The Kindle version I just finished only has a couple of simple graphics but I knew that before I bought the Kindle version ... so no complaining.The book is more than 30 years old and since then science did not stop. The first space shuttle was launched in 1981, the last one in 2011. Since 2012 you can make your "personal spaceflight" (development of Space tourism). In 1986 the Voyager 2

What a privilege and joy it was to have read this book. I made my way through it rather slowly because it was so packed full of historical anecdotes, scientific findings, and thought-provoking insights that I needed a break every chapter or so to let ideas mentally sink in. In 13 chapters, Dr Sagan gives us a glimpse into all scales of space and time. From the Big Bang to the formation of the stars and the Earth, through the painstaking evolutionary process that resulted in human beings, to millenia beyond our time where interstellar travel may be a viable means of commute. From quarks to comp

Outstanding book. Carl Sagan is a realist scientist who understands that even with science there is still a God who created everything.

If you are interested in reading about life - nearly every aspect of it - then you should probably pick up this book. Although it is not lengthy page-wise, the information and the concepts introduced are so dense and thought-provoking that it feels like this book contains more than it's deceptive page count reveals. Carl Sagan weaves in so much history, science, astronomy, and philosophy, while keeping a very readable writing style, and making the concepts as clear and lucid as possible. I do think having some basic science knowledge is helpful though, because there aren't many illustrations t

Great read. Nice cover. Book binding in tact. No writing on pages. Few bent pages.