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Anonymous Sun Dec 20 17:29:26 2015 No.7485212 [Reply] [Original]

Carl Sagan's Cosmos, yay or nay? Is the book the exact same thing as the show? Even so, I think I'd understand better by reading it.
Is there a more effective and informative starter book out there? I'm kind of interested in the subject but not enough to dive into a sea of esoteric terminology for 1000 pages either
Also feel free to let me know if it's way too pleb and watered down in order to perhaps point me in a more sophisticated direction. I've neither seen an episode nor flipped through the book so I'm pretty clueless about how elaborate the content is...

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 20 17:32:26 2015 No.7485222 >>7485212 >>>/reddit/

Anonymous Sun Dec 20 17:41:10 2015 No.7485252

>>7485222
Look mom I posted it again
>>7485212
It's more or less the same as the show. It's not as PATRISHUN as something written for scientists but it's fun and engaging. If you're younger and have an average education you'll probably be blown away by it.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 20 18:14:00 2015 No.7485387 >>7485252 I'm a college student majoring in philosophy and econ so I should probably start with something else. Do you have recs for a more sophisticated book to get into the subject?

Anonymous Sun Dec 20 19:00:15 2015 No.7485575

Haven't read the book but the show is still top notch. It's not speculative at all, only covers what's known, so it's all still informative and not outdated at all. Fabulous show.

As for reading about science I'd probably check out A Short History of Nearly Everything (good for the history of science especially) and the Easy and Not so Easy Pieces by Feynman.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 21 08:30:02 2015 No.7487545 File: 87 KB, 500x488, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Just read it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 21 14:51:55 2015 No.7488834 >>7487545 But why would I waste my time reading it if I know there's a more informative book out there? >>7485575 Thanks a lot for the recs man, will look into them asap

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 21 14:54:10 2015 No.7488846 >>7488834 It's good. It's like taking psychedelics. He's just associated with Reddit because he's accessible.

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