Cosmos (Record no. 293998)
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| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 520 SAG-C .PS |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Carl Sagan |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Cosmos |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Ballantine Books |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1985 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxi, 324 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 18 cm |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction -- Shores of the cosmic ocean -- One voice in the cosmic fugue -- Harmony of worlds -- Heaven and hell -- Blues for a red planet -- Travelers' tales -- Backbone of night -- Travels in space and time -- Lives of the stars -- Edge of forever -- Persistence of memory -- Encyclopedia galactic -- Who speaks for earth? -- Appendix 1: Reductio ad absurdum and the square root of two -- Appendix 2: Five Pythagorean solids -- For further reading -- Index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Overview: The best-selling science book ever published in the English language, COSMOS is a magnificent overview of the past, present, and future of science. Brilliant and provocative, it traces today's knowledge and scientific methods to their historical roots, blending science and philosophy in a wholly energetic and irresistible way. Based on Sagan's 13 part television series, "Cosmos" is about science in its broadest human context, and how science and civilization grew up together. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Astronomy -- Popular works. Astronomy. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Book |
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| Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics | Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics | Processing Center | 01/09/2015 | 1 | 520 SAG-C .PS | DCB604 | 25/07/2022 | 02/06/2022 | 19/07/2019 | Book |