Cosmos

xvi, 365 pp. Color and black & white photographs throughout text. "The best-selling science book ever published in the English language, Cosmos is a magnificent overview of the past, present, and future of science. Brilliant and provocative, it traces today's knowledge and scientific methods to their historical roots, blending science and philosophy in a wholly energetic and irresistible way." CONTENTS: Introduction; The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean; One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue; The Harmony of Worlds; Heaven and Hell; Blues for a Red Planet; Travelers' Tales; The Backbone of Night; Travels in Space and Time; The Lives of the Stars; The Edge of Forever; The Persistence of Memory; Encyclopaedia Galactica; Who Speaks for Earth?; Appendix 1: Reductio ad Absurdum and the Square Root of Two; Appendix 2: The Five Pythagorean Solids; For Further Reading; Index.