Cosmos: The Story of Cosmic Evolution, Science and Civilisation - By Carl Sagan
Rating: 4/5
If you look up at the stars and wonder about the universe, this book is for you. It doesn't have all the answers to your questions, what it has is - logical reasoning, analysis of data available from 13.8 billion years, deductions, and inferences. It helps one see the Cosmos in the light of the best minds that have dawned upon this little rock, the planet earth, wandering in the huge creation. It deals quite well with the question of life elsewhere in the universe, the extra-terrestrial, and the civilizations that have been on earth and are yet to come.
I find that if you have some knowledge of physics, this book would be more helpful. It does deal with many important questions very well, but at times, the explanations are somewhat stretched (although these may be helpful for people with less understanding of physics). Towards the end, there are some, estimates and calculations done with some assumed figures for which I did not find a much suitable explanation (for assuming those numbers).
I found it an interesting read for another reason - This book was written and published some 38 years ago (I'm currently in 2018!) which, in today's world, is a long-long ago with respect to the daily technological advancements we are making. But this is still relevant, the data, the thought processes, the inferences still remain the same. At that time, scientists did a great job at bringing all this data and analysis together which we are using today to help us advance at a very fast pace. It's also great to see some of the things as foreseen by scientists then and we've achieved them now.
It's not a novel, it's a beautiful guide to our home, the Cosmos.
Amazon Review Link: https://www.amazon.in/gp/customer-reviews/R1WRUMOC272KG3?ref=pf_ov_at_pdctrvw_srp
If you look up at the stars and wonder about the universe, this book is for you. It doesn't have all the answers to your questions, what it has is - logical reasoning, analysis of data available from 13.8 billion years, deductions, and inferences. It helps one see the Cosmos in the light of the best minds that have dawned upon this little rock, the planet earth, wandering in the huge creation. It deals quite well with the question of life elsewhere in the universe, the extra-terrestrial, and the civilizations that have been on earth and are yet to come.
I find that if you have some knowledge of physics, this book would be more helpful. It does deal with many important questions very well, but at times, the explanations are somewhat stretched (although these may be helpful for people with less understanding of physics). Towards the end, there are some, estimates and calculations done with some assumed figures for which I did not find a much suitable explanation (for assuming those numbers).
I found it an interesting read for another reason - This book was written and published some 38 years ago (I'm currently in 2018!) which, in today's world, is a long-long ago with respect to the daily technological advancements we are making. But this is still relevant, the data, the thought processes, the inferences still remain the same. At that time, scientists did a great job at bringing all this data and analysis together which we are using today to help us advance at a very fast pace. It's also great to see some of the things as foreseen by scientists then and we've achieved them now.
It's not a novel, it's a beautiful guide to our home, the Cosmos.
Amazon Review Link: https://www.amazon.in/gp/customer-reviews/R1WRUMOC272KG3?ref=pf_ov_at_pdctrvw_srp
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