O Mundo Assombrado Pelos Demônios pdf

Carl Edward Sagan was born on the 9th of November 1934 in Brooklyn, USA. An American astronomer is one of the most prominent contributors to the simplification of astronomy, astrophysics and other natural sciences. He also played an important role in the creation of the US space agency NASA. He played a leading role in promoting the search for intelligent creatures outside the globe. He studied physics at the University of Chicago, and in 1960 received the title of Doctor of Astronomy and Astrophysics. He taught at Harvard University, in 1968 he moved to Cornell University, where he became a university professor in 1971. Sagan edited and presented the television program "The Universe", in which he explained astronomy, and the program was shown in many countries. He has been awarded the NASA Medal (twice), the Arster Medal, and the Pulitzer Prize. He wrote a novel Tawassul in 1985 and was represented in a movie in 1997. The most important thing that distinguishes Sagan is his major contributions to the simplification of space and astronomy sciences to the general public, and this may have led to the success of most of his books, most notably: 1- The Universe 2- Planet Earth A pale blue dot 3- Billions and Billions 4 - A world inhabited by demons 5 - Dragons of Eden Sagan believed that the universe contained one or more life outside the framework of planet Earth. This is based on the enormous size of the universe, and his idea simply says that the possibility of the conditions suitable for life in a place other than planet Earth is possible, as long as we are talking about a universe that includes countless numbers of galaxies, stars and planets. He also believed that prime numbers are cosmic numbers. Sagan passed away on December 20, 1996

O Mundo Assombrado Pelos Demônios pdf by Carl Sagan

Assombrado com a escuridão que parece tomar conta do mundo, onde explicações pseudocientíficas e místicas ocupam cada vez mais os espaços dos meios de comunicação, Carl Sagan acende a vela do conhecimento científico para tentar iluminar os dias de hoje e recuperar os valores da racionalidade. Como todos os livros do autor, O mundo assombrado pelos demônios está cheio de informações surpreendentes, transmitidas com humor e graça. Seus ataques muitas vezes divertidos à falsa ciência, às concepções excêntricas e aos irracionalismos do momento são acompanhados por lembranças felizes da infância, quando seus pais o colocaram em contato pela primeira vez com os dois modelos de pensamento centrais para o método científico: o ceticismo e a admiração. Para aqueles que vivem bombardeados diariamente pelos fenômenos "fantásticos" da vida, este livro funciona como um tratamento de desintoxicação. Mais que uma vela bruxuleante, trata-se de um jato de luz a varrer os demônios do obscurantismo que pairam sobre nosso tempo.