Heather's Mum's review
Cosmos
by Carl Sagan
Heather's Mum's review
Cosmos by Carl Sagan
Heather's Mum's review
rating:
bookshelves:
educational,
science
Sagan is no doubt a legend in astronomy and astrophysics.
Carl stated repeatedly that he can't fully fathom what an otherworldly being would look like because his perception of life is not only bound to a single speck in the universe but is also bound to a single strata of life (as a mammal himself.) I couldn't agree more - we are so very limited in our comprehension of the universe and the "billions and billions" of bits of information yet to be recognized as even existing. However, his images of feasible extraterrestrial life forms are fun & intriguing, to say the least.
Although I personally disagree with his religious beliefs (or rather, lack thereof), I find no contradiction to his conclusion that we are constructed of the "stuff of stars."
“We have begun to contemplate our origins: starstuff pondering the stars”.
Unlike Sagan, I know the cosmos designer personally and so when this starstuff (me) ponders the stars I see them clearly as works ...more
Carl stated repeatedly that he can't fully fathom what an otherworldly being would look like because his perception of life is not only bound to a single speck in the universe but is also bound to a single strata of life (as a mammal himself.) I couldn't agree more - we are so very limited in our comprehension of the universe and the "billions and billions" of bits of information yet to be recognized as even existing. However, his images of feasible extraterrestrial life forms are fun & intriguing, to say the least.
Although I personally disagree with his religious beliefs (or rather, lack thereof), I find no contradiction to his conclusion that we are constructed of the "stuff of stars."
“We have begun to contemplate our origins: starstuff pondering the stars”.
Unlike Sagan, I know the cosmos designer personally and so when this starstuff (me) ponders the stars I see them clearly as works ...more
