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In Billions and Billions Sagan applies what we know about science, mathematics, and space to everyday life, as well as to the exploration of many essential questions concerning the environment and our future. Ranging far and wide in subject matter, he takes his readers on a soaring journey, from the invention of chess to the possibility of life on Mars, from Monday Night Football to the relationship between the United States and Russia, from global warming to the abortion debate. And, on a more intimate note, we are given a rare glimpse of the author himself as he movingly describes his valiant fight for his life, his love of his family, and his personal beliefs about death and God.

Throughout these essays, Sagan provides clarity and understanding for an audience eager to make sense of the world around it as it prepares for the challenges of the coming millennium, and in the process he illuminates his strongly held belief that we have the ability to change the world and our lives for the better.

Sagan has said, We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and by the depth of our answers. With this book, as in his magnificent career, he makes this world significant indeed.]]> 1997 4 0 false Tue May 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 21:58:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 17:03:39 -0700 2009
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In Billions and Billions Sagan applies what we know about science, mathematics, and space to everyday life, as well as to the exploration of many essential questions concerning the environment and our future. Ranging far and wide in subject matter, he takes his readers on a soaring journey, from the invention of chess to the possibility of life on Mars, from Monday Night Football to the relationship between the United States and Russia, from global warming to the abortion debate. And, on a more intimate note, we are given a rare glimpse of the author himself as he movingly describes his valiant fight for his life, his love of his family, and his personal beliefs about death and God.

Throughout these essays, Sagan provides clarity and understanding for an audience eager to make sense of the world around it as it prepares for the challenges of the coming millennium, and in the process he illuminates his strongly held belief that we have the ability to change the world and our lives for the better.

Sagan has said, We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and by the depth of our answers. With this book, as in his magnificent career, he makes this world significant indeed.]]> 1997 0 0 false Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 10:16:24 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 22:50:38 -0700 2009 Cosmos PBS series, to watch). Of particular interest was reading an article from 1990 that I remembered vividly! It was the article that completely settled my thoughts on abortion, and when a fetus is a person. (Suffice it to say, it isn't ...more...]]> 77878125 2946209 61665 0345379187 9780345379184 53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170592651m/61665.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170592651s/61665.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61665.Billions_and_Billions_Thoughts_on_Life_and_Death_at_the_Brink_of_the_Millennium 4.13 798 1997 4 0 false Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sun Nov 15 14:06:44 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 14:10:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 77410094 1681352 61665 0345379187 9780345379184 53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170592651m/61665.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170592651s/61665.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61665.Billions_and_Billions_Thoughts_on_Life_and_Death_at_the_Brink_of_the_Millennium 4.13 798 1997 5 0 false Wed Nov 11 00:38:17 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 00:41:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 47096057 2058336 61665 0345379187 9780345379184 53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170592651m/61665.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170592651s/61665.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61665.Billions_and_Billions_Thoughts_on_Life_and_Death_at_the_Brink_of_the_Millennium 4.13 798 1997 5 0 false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Feb 21 18:07:42 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 13:43:27 -0800 2009 1 77803430 2940133 61665 0345379187 9780345379184 53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170592651m/61665.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170592651s/61665.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61665.Billions_and_Billions_Thoughts_on_Life_and_Death_at_the_Brink_of_the_Millennium 4.13 798 1997 5 0 false Sat Nov 14 19:19:15 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 19:26:20 -0800 2009 39845297 1792804 61665 0345379187 9780345379184 53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170592651m/61665.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170592651s/61665.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61665.Billions_and_Billions_Thoughts_on_Life_and_Death_at_the_Brink_of_the_Millennium 4.13 798 1997 5 0 false Wed Dec 10 22:44:08 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 22:45:10 -0800 2008 68368318 2424596 61665 0345379187 9780345379184 53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170592651m/61665.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170592651s/61665.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61665.Billions_and_Billions_Thoughts_on_Life_and_Death_at_the_Brink_of_the_Millennium 4.13 798 1997 5 0 false Fri Aug 21 13:31:24 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 13:33:53 -0700 2009 52634341 2220034 61665 0345379187 9780345379184 53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170592651m/61665.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170592651s/61665.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61665.Billions_and_Billions_Thoughts_on_Life_and_Death_at_the_Brink_of_the_Millennium 4.13 798 1997 4 0 false Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 08:48:30 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 14:38:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 49667056 1480570 61665 0345379187 9780345379184 53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170592651m/61665.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170592651s/61665.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61665.Billions_and_Billions_Thoughts_on_Life_and_Death_at_the_Brink_of_the_Millennium 4.13 798 1997 5 0 false Sat Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 09:59:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 20:11:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 43491598 1594269 260641 0679411607 9780679411604 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173222388m/260641.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173222388s/260641.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/260641.Billions_and_Billions_Thoughts_on_Life_and_Death_at_the_Brink_of_the_Millennium 4.13 798
In Billions and Billions Sagan applies what we know about science, mathematics, and space to everyday life, as well as to the exploration of many essential questions concerning the environment and our future. Ranging far and wide in subject matter, he takes his readers on a soaring journey, from the invention of chess to the possibility of life on Mars, from Monday Night Football to the relationship between the United States and Russia, from global warming to the abortion debate. And, on a more intimate note, we are given a rare glimpse of the author himself as he movingly describes his valiant fight for his life, his love of his family, and his personal beliefs about death and God.

Throughout these essays, Sagan provides clarity and understanding for an audience eager to make sense of the world around it as it prepares for the challenges of the coming millennium, and in the process he illuminates his strongly held belief that we have the ability to change the world and our lives for the better.

Sagan has said, We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and by the depth of our answers. With this book, as in his magnificent career, he makes this world significant indeed.]]> 1997 4 0 false Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 14:14:30 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 14:17:17 -0800 2009 73884673 2301615 61665 0345379187 9780345379184 53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170592651m/61665.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170592651s/61665.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61665.Billions_and_Billions_Thoughts_on_Life_and_Death_at_the_Brink_of_the_Millennium 4.13 798 1997 5 0 false Thu Oct 08 12:59:30 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 13:02:43 -0700 2009 65237627 2554691 61665 0345379187 9780345379184 53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170592651m/61665.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170592651s/61665.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61665.Billions_and_Billions_Thoughts_on_Life_and_Death_at_the_Brink_of_the_Millennium 4.13 798 1997 4 0 false Tue Jul 28 01:38:03 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 11:41:41 -0700 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=61665