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Carl Sagan is the author of Contato (2022), Kontak (Contact) (2020), Мир, полный демонов (2020), Variedades da experiência científica (2019), Contacto (2018).

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Contato

release date: Feb 17, 2022
Contato
Como reagiríamos ao travar contato com uma civilização extraterrestre? Sobre essa incógnita, Sagan tece uma história que indaga acerca do encontro entre os homens e do indivíduo consigo mesmo. Contato com extraterrestres não é sinônimo de homenzinhos verdes desembarcando de um disco voador. É muito mais: sinais captados num radiotelescópio podem conter mensagens capazes de nos fazer repensar toda a nossa concepção da vida e do universo. Esse é o ponto de partida de Carl Sagan, que, aliando as tensões da melhor literatura ao conhecimento científico mais avançado, compõe um romance que pode provocar em nós todas as reações - menos a indiferença. Em Contato, o que está em jogo é o mundo tal como o conhecemos. Como quem faz uma aposta, Sagan nos convida a uma viagem assustadoramente fascinante pelo buraco negro que é a inteligência humana.

Kontak (Contact)

release date: Mar 02, 2020
Kontak (Contact)
Telah lama manusia membayangkan kehidupan di luar Bumi. Para ilmuwan tak lelah mencari tanda-tandanya di segala penjuru langit. Bertahun-tahun Proyek Argus dengan teleskop-teleskop radionya berusaha menangkap sinyal yang menandakan keberadaaan kehidupan cerdas di alam semesta. Pada suatu sore, sejarah umat manusia berubah, untuk seketika dan selamanya. Suatu Pesan yang telah menunggu lama, yang keberadaannya diragukan, akhirnya tiba. Kontak telah terjadi. Suatu kehidupan, seseorang, sesuatu di dekat bintang Vega, 26 tahun cahaya jauhnya dari Bumi, memanggil-manggil kita, memancarkan pesan yang menyatakan bahwa selama ini kita tidak sendiri. Dr. Eleanor Arroway, direktur Proyek Argus, dialah yang pertama kali menyadari bahwa babak pertama sejarah umat manusia telah berakhir. Dialah yang menerjemahkan Pesan dan meyakinkan para kepala negara agar tidak memperlakukan Pesan itu sebagai ancaman. Pada tiap langkah yang dia ambil, tidak hanya Ellie mengalami kontak dengan yang extraterrestrial, tapi ia pun melakukan perjalanan yang jauh lebih bermakna ke dalam dirinya sendiri. Kontak pertama kali diterbitkan pada 1985, setelah Dr. Carl Sagan menulis Kosmos, buku sainsnya yang populer. Bila dalam Kosmos Dr. Sagan menjelaskan alam semesta; dalam Kontak ia memprediksi masa depan alam semestaÑdan umat manusia.

Мир, полный демонов

release date: Jan 01, 2020
Мир, полный демонов
"How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don''t understand the difference between the myths of pseudoscience and the testable hypotheses of science? Pulitzer Prize-winning author and distinguished astronomer Carl Sagan argues that scientific thinking is critical not only to the pursuit of truth but to the very well-being of our democratic institutions. Sagan examines and authoritatively debunks such celebrated fallacies of the past as witchcraft, faith healing, demons, and UFOs..." --

Variedades da experiência científica

release date: Sep 26, 2019
Variedades da experiência científica
Numa série de palestras proferidas em 1985, o astrofísico Carl Sagan discute a existência de Deus, expõe suas esperanças de encontrar vida inteligente em outros planetas e manifesta o desejo de que a religião seja usada para melhorar a vida do ser humano. Mais de vinte anos antes do atual movimento ateísta, o astrofísico Carl Sagan questionava a visão tradicional de Deus num tom bem-humorado, de sólidas bases científicas, nas Palestras Gifford, promovidas pela Universidade de Glasgow em 1985 para discutir a "teologia natural". A relevância do tema na atualidade, marcada pelo extremismo religioso de todos os matizes, fez com que sua viúva e colaboradora Ann Druyan recuperasse as transcrições perdidas das conferências e as transformasse no livro Variedades da experiência científica: uma visão pessoal da busca por Deus. Como grande divulgador da ciência, Sagan tinha o dom de falar simples, mesmo se estivesse explicando mecânica quântica. Nas palestras, ressalta a predisposição do ser humano para acreditar nas coisas e relata equívocos históricos como a descrição dos enormes canais de Marte, no início do século XX. Mesmo refutando a visão de Deus como um "homem grande de barbas brancas e compridas sentado num trono no céu e controlando o vôo de cada andorinha", o astrônomo não descarta a existência de alguma forma de inteligência superior, e abre uma detalhada discussão sobre a inteligência extraterrestre. Ao contrário dos líderes do movimento ateísta, Sagan não menospreza toda e qualquer forma de religião. Para ele, as religiões podem desempenhar o útil papel de orientar o comportamento humano. O que critica é o fato de elas fazerem afirmações sobre ciência sem usar o método científico do ceticismo e da autocorreção. Segundo sua viúva, Ann Druyan, organizar a edição das palestras ofereceu-lhe a "maravilhosa impressão de que havíamos de alguma maneira sido transportados de volta para as duas sublimes décadas em que pensávamos e escrevíamos juntos". Variedades da experiência científica estende ao leitor a oportunidade de voltar a aprender com Sagan, um homem que foi, em sua própria descrição, um cidadão do cosmos.

Contacto

release date: Mar 06, 2018
Contacto
Contacto es la única novela escrita por el astrónomo estadounidense Carl Sagan, uno de los mayores divulgadores científicos del siglo XX. Tras cinco años de incesantes búsquedas con los dispositivos más sofisticados del momento, la astrónoma Eleanor Arroway consigue, junto a un equipo de científicos internacionales, conectar con la estrella Vega y demostrar que no estamos solos en el universo. Empieza entonces un trepidante viaje hacia el encuentro más esperado de la historia de la humanidad, y con él Carl Sagan plantea magistralmente cómo afectaría a nuestra sociedad la recepción de mensajes de una civilización inteligente. Contacto, Premio Locus 1986, desarrolla una de las constantes en la trayectoria del autor: la búsqueda de inteligencia extraterrestre y la comunicación con ella a través de sondas espaciales. En 1997, el director de cine Robert Zemeckisllevó esta historia a la gran pantalla, en una película protagonizada por Jodie Foster y Matthew McConaughey.

Blekitna kropka

release date: Jan 01, 2018

El mundo y sus demonios

release date: Apr 04, 2017
El mundo y sus demonios
¿Estamos al borde de una nueva edad oscura de irracionalismo y superstición? En este libro conmovedor, el incomparable Carl Sagan demuestra con brillantez que el pensamiento científico es necesario para salvaguardar nuestras instituciones democráticas y nuestra civilización técnica. El mundo y sus demonios es el libro más personal de Sagan, y está lleno de historias humanas entrañables y reveladoras. El autor, con las experiencias de su propia infancia y la apasionante historia de los descubrimientos de la ciencia, muestra cómo el método del pensamiento racional puede superar prejuicios y supersticiones para dejar al descubierto la verdad, que, con frecuencia, resulta sorprendente.

Cosmos (Edicion en Español)

release date: Feb 08, 2017
Cosmos (Edicion en Español)
Este libro, est� basado en un programa de trece cap�tulos que el profesor Carl Sagan realiz� para la televisi�n. Narrado con la proverbial habilidad que ten�a Sagan para conseguir que las ideas cient�ficas fuesen comprensibles y apasionantes

Contact

release date: Dec 20, 2016
Contact
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and astronomer Carl Sagan imagines the greatest adventure of all—the discovery of an advanced civilization in the depths of space. In December of 1999, a multinational team journeys out to the stars, to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who—or what—is out there? In Cosmos, Carl Sagan explained the universe. In Contact, he predicts its future—and our own.

Thế giới bị quỷ ám

release date: Jan 01, 2014

Cosmos

release date: Dec 10, 2013
Cosmos
Renowned astronomer Carl Sagan’s classic bestseller that “dives into the past, present, and future of science, dealing with the mind-staggering enormity of the cosmos in which we exist” (Associated Press)—with an Introduction by Ann Druyan and a Foreword by Neil deGrasse Tyson “Sagan dazzles the mind with the miracle of our survival, framed by the stately galaxies of space.”—Cosmopolitan THE INSPIRATION FOR THE FOX MINISERIES COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS, HOSTED BY NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON AND STARRING SETH MACFARLANE AND SIR PATRICK STEWART In clear-eyed prose, Carl 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 full-color illustrations, 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 shape modern science.

Billions & Billions

release date: Jul 06, 2011
Billions & Billions
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In the final book of his astonishing career, Carl Sagan brilliantly examines the burning questions of our lives, our world, and the universe around us. These luminous, entertaining essays travel both the vastness of the cosmos and the intimacy of the human mind, posing such fascinating questions as how did the universe originate and how will it end, and how can we meld science and compassion to meet the challenges of the coming century? Here, too, is a rare, private glimpse of Sagan’s thoughts about love, death, and God as he struggled with fatal disease. Ever forward-looking and vibrant with the sparkle of his unquenchable curiosity, Billions & Billions is a testament to one of the great scientific minds of our day. Praise for Billions & Billions “[Sagan’s] writing brims with optimism, clarity and compassion.”—Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel “Sagan used the spotlight of his fame to illuminate the abyss into which stupidity, greed, and the lust for power may yet dump us. All of those interests and causes are handsomely represented in Billions & Billions.”—The Washington Post Book World “Astronomer Carl Sagan didn’t live to see the millennium, but he probably has done more than any other popular scientist to prepare us for its arrival.”—Atlanta Journal & Constitution “Billions & Billions can be interpreted as the Silent Spring for the current generation. . . . Human history includes a number of leaders with great minds who gave us theories about our universe and origins that ran contrary to religious dogma. Galileo determined that the Earth revolved around the Sun, not the other way around. Darwin challenged Creationism with his Evolution of Species. And now, Sagan has given the world its latest challenge: Billions & Billions.”—San Antonio Express-News “[Sagan’s] inspiration and boundless curiosity live on in the gift of his work.”—Seattle Times & Post-Intelligencer “Couldn’t stay awake in your high school science classes? This book can help fill in the holes. Acclaimed scientist Carl Sagan combines his logic and knowledge with wit and humor to make a potentially dry subject enjoyable to read.”—The Dallas Morning News

Comet

release date: Jul 06, 2011
Comet
What are these graceful visitors to our skies? We now know that they bring both life and death and teach us about our origins. Comet begins with a breathtaking journey through space astride a comet. Pulitzer Prize-winning astronomer Carl Sagan, author of Cosmos and Contact, and writer Ann Druyan explore the origin, nature, and future of comets, and the exotic myths and portents attached to them. The authors show how comets have spurred some of the great discoveries in the history of science and raise intriguing questions about these brilliant visitors from the interstellar dark. Were the fates of the dinosaurs and the origins of humans tied to the wanderings of a comet? Are comets the building blocks from which worlds are formed? Lavishly illustrated with photographs and specially commissioned full-color paintings, Comet is an enthralling adventure, indispensable for anyone who has ever gazed up at the heavens and wondered why. Praise for Comet "Simply the best." —The Times of London "Fascinating, evocative, inspiring." —The Washington Post "Comet humanizes science. A beautiful, interesting book." —United Press International "Masterful . . . science, poetry, and imagination." —The Atlanta Journal & Constitution

Bogatstvo znanstvenega izkustva

release date: Jan 01, 2011

The Varieties of Scientific Experience

release date: Nov 02, 2006
The Varieties of Scientific Experience
“Ann Druyan has unearthed a treasure. It is a treasure of reason, compassion, and scientific awe. It should be the next book you read.” —Sam Harris, author of The End of Faith “A stunningly valuable legacy left to all of us by a great human being. I miss him so.” —Kurt Vonnegut Carl Sagan''s prophetic vision of the tragic resurgence of fundamentalism and the hope-filled potential of the next great development in human spirituality The late great astronomer and astrophysicist describes his personal search to understand the nature of the sacred in the vastness of the cosmos. Exhibiting a breadth of intellect nothing short of astounding, Sagan presents his views on a wide range of topics, including the likelihood of intelligent life on other planets, creationism and so-called intelligent design, and a new concept of science as "informed worship." Originally presented at the centennial celebration of the famous Gifford Lectures in Scotland in 1985 but never published, this book offers a unique encounter with one of the most remarkable minds of the twentieth century.

Los dragones del Edén

release date: Jun 06, 2006
Los dragones del Edén
Los dragones del Edén es un libro mítico, publicado por vez primera en 1977 y galardonado con el premio Pulitzer. Casi treinta años después, conserva toda su frescura e interés. En una impresionante ojeada panorámica que abarca desde la prehistoria hasta la época actual, Carl Sagan explica la evolución intelectual y mental del ser humano, habla de nuestros antepasados y sus antagonistas, describe la mecánica de nuestro cerebro y del de otros animales y dilucida el papel que han desempeñado los ordenadores en el conocimiento de los mecanismos de nuestro cerebro y en el almacenamiento de la información en nuestra memoria. Hallamos también en estas páginas fascinantes incursiones en los terrenos del mito y la leyenda, así como atrevidas especulaciones sobre los cauces futuros por los que parece va a discurrir la evolución del hombre. Isaac Asimos dijo de este libro: «Carl Sagan posee el toque del rey Midas Nunca había leído hasta ahora un relato tan interesante y cautivador sobre el tema de la inteligencia humana.»

Conversations with Carl Sagan

release date: Jan 01, 2006

Un punto azul pálido

release date: Jan 01, 2006
Un punto azul pálido
La obra mas completa de divulgacion cientifica de todos los tiempos. En Un punto azul palido, Carl Sagan prosigue el espectacular viaje cientifico que inicio Cosmos, el libro que hizo descender a la Tierra la magnificencia del universo, haciendola accesible a millones de personas. Cosmos ha sido el libro cientifico mas vendido de la historia. En esta continuacion de Cosmos, Carl Sagan, ganador del Premio Pulitzer nos brinda una emocionante vision del universo, ilustrada profusamente. "Un punto azul palido" revela como la ciencia ha revolucionado nuestra comprension de donde estamos y de quienes somos, y nos desafia a que valoremos de que manera vamos a utilizar esos conocimientos.

Milyarlarca ve milyarlarca

release date: Jan 01, 2006

Deemonitest vaevatud maailm

release date: Jan 01, 2006

Gott und der tropfende Wasserhahn

release date: Jan 01, 2001

Carl Sagan's Cosmic Connection

release date: Aug 31, 2000
Carl Sagan's Cosmic Connection
A classic book by the world''s most famous scientist and science visionary, back in print with a new perspective.

Der Drache in meiner Garage oder die Kunst der Wissenschaft, Unsinn zu entlarven

release date: Jan 01, 2000

The Demon-Haunted World

release date: Jul 04, 1996

Palido ponto azul

release date: Jan 01, 1996
Palido ponto azul
Por que gastar fortunas com programas espaciais quando há tantos problemas aguardando solução a poucos metros de nossas casas? Para Sagan, um dia o conhecimento do espaço poderá significar nossa sobrevivência como espécie. ''Pálido ponto azul'' revela como as descobertas científicas alteraram nossa percepção de quem somos e do lugar que ocupamos no Universo - e nos incita a refletir sobre o uso que daremos a esse conhecimento.

Sombras de antepasados olvidados

release date: Jan 01, 1994

Schöpfung auf Raten

release date: Jan 01, 1993

The Cosmic Connection

release date: Jan 01, 1989
The Cosmic Connection
The internationally known ex-biologist discusses the practical applications of astronomy and calls attention to discoveries about Earth, Mars, and Venus as well as man''s efforts to communicate with intelligent life on other planets

A Path Where No Man Thought

release date: Jan 01, 1989
A Path Where No Man Thought
An analysis of the potentially devastating consequences of nuclear war discusses the environmental impact of nuclear winter and proposes changes in international nuclear policies
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