Cosmos by Carl Sagan humour never more so than in

never more so than in this exceptional book

' Sisman writes

but as Andrew Hartman shows in this richly analytical history

compared to one-tenth in 1980

' Lex Gracie doesn't want to think about her family

Cosmos by Carl Sagan humour never more so than in* Spacecraft missions to nearby planets *The Library of ancient Alexandria *The human brain *Egyptian hieroglyphics *The origin of life *The death of the sun *The evolution of galaxies *The origins of matter, suns and worlds The story of fifteen billion years of cosmic evolution transforming matter and life into consciousness, of how science and civilisation grew up together, and of the forces and individuals who helped shape modern science. A story