Carl Sagan - Cosmos

Pros: Sagan's clear, lyrical prose, plus covers a "cosmic" array of topics
Cons: None

Even though I tend to read more books about military history than about science or the history of science, I still haven’t quite outgrown my childhood fascination with space and space exploration. After all, I still dimly remember watching blurry ...

Pros: The best written science book in the English language
Cons: There won't be a sequel

Lost somewhere between immensity and eternity is our tiny planetary home. -Carl Sagan * * * ...

Pros: Informative, thought-provoking, inexpensive
Cons: none...

I don't think any one book ever written does a better job of illustrating the nature of the cosmos, and the tremendously intricate and inter-connected nature of all life and all things in the universe.

It's an inexpensive paperback, but it...

Pros: Lots of information magisterially explained.
Cons: I can't think about any cons.

I read Cosmos some years ago and I just read it again recently, and I can tell you that it still is breathtaking... over and over again the sensation of wonder is there. Carl Sagan does a wonderful job at explaining science to the layman. If you just are...