Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

In Pale Blue Dot, Carl Sagan continues the accalimed scientific voyage begun in Cosmos, the book that brought the magnificence of the Universe down to Earth and made it accessible to millions. Cosmos appeared on the New York Times bestseller list for seventy weeks and became the bestselling science book ever published in the English language. Cosmos the TV series became the most widely watched program in the history of public broadcasting, and has been seen by over 500 million people in sixty countries.

In this long-awaited sequel to Cosmos, Pulitzer Prize winner Carl Sagan brings us a thrilling, uplifting, and lavishly illustrated perspective on our place in the Universe.

A thousand years from now, our epoch will be remembered as the time when we first left the Earth and saw it from beyond the outermost planet as a pale blue dot, almost lost against the backdrop of the stars. As we complete the preliminary reconnaissance of our Solar System, we hunger for a long-term vision of the human future. Now, the astronomer who brought the Universe to so many people answers that call–suggesting that our very survival depends on the exploration and settlement of other worlds. Pale Blue Dot reveals how science has revolutionized oru understanding of where we stand and who we are–and challenges us to weigh what we will do with that knowledge. Emerging out of our sometimes reluctant recognition of our true place in the Cosmos comes a vision of an exhilarating future with a surprisingly spiritual impact.

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