Carl Sagan: A Life

by KeayDavidson (Author)

• New

  Illustrated
  2000

  $28.82

  A penetrating, mesmerizing biography of a scientific icon, now in paperback Absolutely fascinating ...Davidson has done a remarkable job. -Sir Arthur C. Clarke Engaging ...accessible, carefully documented ...sophisticated. -Dr. David Hollinger for The New York Times Book Review Entertaining ...Davidson treats [the] nuances of Sagan's complex life with understanding and sympathy. -The Christian Science Monitor Excellent ...Davidson acts as a keen critic to Sagan's works and their vast uncertainties. -Scientific American A fascinating book about an extraordinary man. -Johnny Carson Davidson, an award-winning science writer, has written an absorbing portrait of this Pied Piper of planetary science. Davidson thoroughly explores Sagan's science, wrestles with his politics, and plumbs his personal passions with a telling instinct for the revealing underside of a life lived so publicly. -Los Angeles Times Carl Sagan was one of the most celebrated scientists of this century-the handsome and alluring visionary who inspired a generation to look to the heavens and beyond. His life was both an intellectual feast and an emotional rollercoaster. Based on interviews with Sagan's family and friends, including his widow, Ann Druyan; his first wife, acclaimed scientist Lynn Margulis; and his three sons, as well as exclusive access to many personal papers, this highly acclaimed life story offers remarkable insight into one of the most influential, provocative, and beloved figures of our time-a complex, contradictory prophet of the Space Age.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1999

  $9.95

  Carl Sagan, who died in December 1996, is one of the few scientists whose name has become a household word all around the globe. The first man to recognise and name the greenhouse effect , Sagan was a force behind the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. This is a behind-the-scenes look at Sagan's life and career in the field of space exploration and the evolution of life. Based on interviews with Sagan's family and colleagues, including his widow, his first wife, and his son, it reveals a roller-coaster of successes and failures, characterising a complicated personality whose life was one of continuous struggle.