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... science as well as in the observation, there isn't really anything to fill the niche that was once occupied by Carl Sagan's Cosmos (now woefully out of date). Pop-astronomy books tend to focus on single topics that are currently exciting (black holes, the accelerating universe, etc.) rather ... ... cations
513 Flatland
515 Elementary Differential Equations
519 Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences
520 Cosmos
523 Galactic Astronomy
526 Longitude: The True Story...
529 Faster
530 The Feynman Lectures on Physics
531 Classical Dynamics of Particles and System ... ... Will be reading more soon...
27) Short story?
Can't think of any off the top of my head.
28) Work of nonfiction?
Cosmos by Carl Sagan
29) Who is your favorite writer?
If only I could write like Carl Sagan – wow!
30) Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
JK Rowling
... ... by Junichiro Tanizaki
- The Complete James Herriot by James Herriot
- Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
- Cosmos by Carl Sagan ... relates the story of his first meeting with Feynman in The Black Hole War - in a urinal!
#195 dchaikin - Please do try Cosmos, and if you haven't seen the 1980 television series, rent the DVDs (or check them out on youtube). While it does look a little dated now, much of what it contains ... ... and think about how interesting they would be if I was willing to try to actually understand them...Maybe I should try Cosmos sometime. ... to make the world safe for quantum mechanics is probably WAY over my head. Carl Sagan is a favorite of mine. I enjoyed Cosmos and especially Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors. My experience with reading about quantum physics and the like is limited to What the Bleep Do We Know, but I ... 33. Cosmos
34. Anansi Boys
35. American Gods
36. QED I received Cosmos as a gift. Have browsed it, but never read it through.
I know I read Noble House and Hotel New Hampshire, but they must have been paperbacks, because I no longer own them.
Have given A Light in the Attic to several nieces and nephews, and they all loved it.
I have read Cujo and some of Cosmos Nobody's mentioned Cosmos? I can't because I haven't read it myself, but I thought it would be right up there. ... and I would say that overall Carl Sagan has been the most influential author for me. In particular his book Cosmos. Also, his compilation of essays Billions and Billions was the first hint to me that a scientist could become more than "just" a scientist if s/he wanted. We don't ... ... Never-Say-Diet Book, Richard Simmons 31 copies
4. A Light in the Attic, Shel Silverstein 2,124 copies
5. Cosmos, Carl Sagan 1,596 copies
6. Better Homes & Gardens New Cook Book 1,154 copies
7. Miss Piggy's Guide to Life, Miss Piggy as told to Henry Beard 4 ... 6. Cosmos by Carl Sagan ... Profits in the Coming Great Depression, Douglas R. Casey I don't seem to recall this Depression. 8 copies on LT
2. Cosmos, Carl Sagan I didn't understand but loved it because of Carl. 1,497 copies
3. Free to Choose: A Personal Statement, Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman ... ... in the rather large gaps in her science education?
I'd put the ever-classic A Short History of Nearly Everything and Cosmos on that list. I wouldn't give her anything from Dawkins or Sam Harris, at least not yet. Science education takes baby steps.
Any suggestions? ...
500 - Natural Sciences and Mathematics: The Canon
510: Mathematics: Innumeracy
520 - Astronomy and allied sciences: Cosmos
523 - Specific celestial bodies and phenomena: The Planets
526 - Mathematical geography: Longitude
530 - Physics: The Physics of Superheroes
537 - Electrici ... Mostly kids books for my son, but for myself:
The Hidden Life of Otto Frank
Cosmos
The Conquerors: The Pageant of England
Charlemagne
The Vikings Texas - James Michener
Chesapeake - James Michener
Cosmos - Carl Sagan
Creation - Gore Vidal
Atonement - Ian McEwan ... Jules Verne
FAVORITE BOOK(s): The Demon-Haunted World by Sagan, Victory by Conrad, Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, Cosmos by Sagan, Dune by Herbert, A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
FAVORITE DRINK: Cabernet Sauvignon, Single Malt Scotch, Guinness, or belgian trappist ale
FAVO ... ... Pinker's How the Mind Works
Complex Systems
Hofstadter's Godel, Escher, Bach
Science, General
Carl Sagan's Cosmos
Any of the Best American Science Writing series
Science, History of
Carl Zimmer's Soul Made Flesh
Medicine
Anything by Atul Gawande is supposed to be ... Cosmos is wonderful.
Simply wonderful.
... it and never got around to it. I ended up trading it in at a used bookstore so I never did read it. =)
Has anyone read Cosmos by Carl Sagan? I read a few pages while in the bookstore and it seemed it may be a good book but I never bought it. ... I really enjoyed Carl Sagan's book about astronomy / planetary science, Pale Blue Dot. It's not as tough a read as, say Cosmos, and I think it's well within a high schooler's grasp. ... The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark not too long ago, and I loved it so much. I started to read Cosmos, but when they started re-airing the TV series, I started watching it. I do plan on reading it eventually, but it's pretty much verbatum on the TV show, and it's ...
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