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Summary: Good on the importance of space exploration part, but...
Review: The first couple chapters are filled with the usual Sagan illogical naturalism. I never understood how he could hold to such a irrational philosphy and yet push critical thinking on everyone (See Demon-haunted world). His best contradiction was proclaiming design and complexity in the universe, yet denying the need for a designer. He seemed to forget logic states "chance" has no power and that the Big Bang logically points to the need for a transcendent creator.
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Summary: its great
Review: this book was a really adventure like all the carl sagan books it was easy to understud and i really enjoy it. this book is for all ages no one is too young to read it
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Summary: Galactic Warrior
Review: Carl is gone from us now, but his mind is still with us, reaching into the heaveans, beconing us to follow...
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Summary: Wonderful Insights toward the future of humans in space
Review: Carl Sagan continues to impress readers with Pale Blue Dot. This book captures the readers imagination and fills your mind with the typical Carl Sagan genre of revolutionary thoughts. His true genius is brilliantly displayed in this book!!!
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Summary: The most thorough book on our universe today.
Review: Carl Sagan has done it again. This may be the most complete and knowledgable book I've ever read on our universe. It covers every planet and its' environment, how the planet's environment came to be, and where it may be going. It covers man's exploration of space and time, from satellites to shuttles. More on future technological development of nuclear directioning of comets and asteriods. I strongly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in our solar system and beyond. The name 'Pale Blue Dot' comes from a story told by Dr. Sagan of when the Voyager was passing Mars. Sagan recommended NASA to turn the satellite around and take a picture of Earth from such a great distance. NASA questioned him for it would appear to be a pale blue dot and a virtuosly useless picture. Sagan explained to them that man needs to see Earth from another perspective, so we might get an idea of exactly how insignificant we are in such a vast cosmos.
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Summary: A heartbreaking dream...
Review: It wasn't long after reading this that I learned Sagan had been ill. When he died, I was literally heartbroken that someone with such aspirations for humankind would never see his beloved species reach the stars. This is the kind of book to read when your faith in mankind has been tested; it will renew that faith.
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Summary: Sagan's Benediction
Review: Nearly two decades ago, a man strode out of the blackness of a star-lit background with the phrase "billions and billions..." In COSMOS, Carl Sagan introduced the general public to the infinitude of space, the staggering proportions of the universe, and the implications of mankind's scientific efforts to understand and explain it. Now, in PALE BLUE DOT, Sagan has once again returned us to the journey and the wonder. Sagan's basic message: "Due to our actions or inactions, and the misuse of our technology, we live at an extraordinary moment, for the Earth at least--the first time that a species has become able to wipe itself out. But this is also, we may note, the first time that a species has become able to journey to the planets and the stars. The two times, brought about by the same technology, coincide--a few centuries in the history of a 4.5 billion-year-old planet...Our leverage on the future is high just now." And, he says, in the process of journeying out to the stars our species will inevitably be transformed. Having left our home in search of the stars, we will encounter many other worlds which may prove more challenging to our efforts to populate. More and more, humanity will look back with reverence at the home world, appreciate and cherish the "pale blue dot" that gave us birth. This book was one of the last works of Carl Sagan before his untimely death due to cancer. The man who gave inspiration and a sense of wonder to many now has gone on ahead, not into the sunset, but into the stars, where he no doubt journeys among the "billions and billions" of worlds, confirming his hypotheses.
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Summary: Mesmerizing - An essential read!
Review: With a style only Dr. Sagan could have exuded, Pale Blue Dot is simply the finest book devoted to the future of space exploration. Not only does Sagan speculate on the future of our space program but covers the events that have contributed to our understanding of space and the universe. The first three chapters should be mandatory reading for high school students. Sagan helps us discover our place in the universe and enlightens our senses with his unrivaled literary style.
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Summary: gifted with placing thoughts onto paper he will be missed
Review: Kept you thinking throughout the entire book and keeps you thinking as you drive to work or eat your dinner. Just a great great read.
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Summary: Purely poetic, inspiring, beautiful...
Review: What an eye opener! Not only is this book beautifully written, but it's also great-looking; the photographs and drawings are excellent additions to the master's arguments. Sagan gets very poetic at times, and his prose is nothing short of majestic. In fact, I believe this book should have been awarded the Booker Prize for Poetry (I'm jesting, of course). Of all Sagan's books, Pale Blue Dot is probably the one that inspired me the most to date. Truly magical. Makes one want to save the world and discover things hitherto undreamt. Bona fide Carl Sagan - we conldn't expect any less from him.
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