RETURNING TO TELEVISION AS AN ALL-NEW MINISERIES ON FOX Cosmos is one of the bestselling
science books of all time. In clear-eyed prose Sagan reveals a jewel-like blue world inhabited
by a life form that is just beginning to discover its own identity and to venture into the vast
ocean of space. Featuring a new Introduction by Sagan's collaborator Ann Druyan full color
illustrations and a new Foreword by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson Cosmos retraces the
fourteen billion years of cosmic evolution that have transformed matter into consciousness
exploring such topics as the origin of life the human brain Egyptian hieroglyphics
spacecraft missions the death of the Sun the evolution of galaxies and the forces and
individuals who helped to shape modern science. Praise for Cosmos "Magnificent . . . With a
lyrical literary style and a range that touches almost all aspects of human knowledge Cosmos
often seems too good to be true."-The Plain Dealer "Sagan is an astronomer with one eye on
the stars another on history and a third-his mind's-on the human condition."-Newsday
"Brilliant in its scope and provocative in its suggestions . . . shimmers with a sense of
wonder."-The Miami Herald "Sagan dazzles the mind with the miracle of our survival framed
by the stately galaxies of space."-Cosmopolitan "Enticing . . . iridescent . . .
imaginatively illustrated."-The New York Times Book Review
