pale blue dot -- audiobook and e-book

Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dotf Audio book mp3 E-Book in PDF and doc format In a tour of our solar system, galaxy and beyond, Cornell astronomer Sagan meshes a history of astronomical discovery, a cogent brief for space exploration and an overview of life-from its origins in the oceans to humanity's first emergence to a projected future where humans "terraform" and settle other planets and asteroids, Earth having long been swallowed by the sun. Maintaining that such relocation is inevitable, the author further argues that planetary science is of practical utility, fostering an interdisciplinary approach to looming environmental catastrophes such as "nuclear winter" (lethal cooling of Earth after a nuclear war, a widely accepted prediction first calculated by Sagan in 1982). His exploration of our place in the universe is illustrated with photographs, relief maps and paintings, including high-resolution images made by Voyager 1 and 2, as well as photos taken by the Galileo spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope and satellites orbiting Earth, which show our planet as a pale blue dot. A worthy sequel to Sagan's Cosmos. http://www.amazon.com/Pale-Blue-Dot-Bookcassette-Multi-track/dp/1561006173

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greenfrog (2010-02-03)

How's the quality? What did you use to convert analog to digital?

LetThemEatCake (2010-03-19)

I didn't rip this and I haven't listened to this so I don't really know about the quality.

mendota (2011-03-01)

48kbps. So far all the tracks are clear, no skips or crackles. Even comes with a copy of the book; great upload!

Koenrad (2011-04-24)

The quality is pretty good. It's not immaculate, but it's still good. This book is really interesting.

mister_brick (2011-08-09)

thnq

Wolfy877 (2012-07-27)

This is an excellent and insightful audio book, the content is relevant and thought provoking.. I would highly recommend it to everyone..
Carl was ahead of his time with his ideas for inter-planetry travel and colonisation, and only 15 years after his passing, we're just days away from the landing of Curiosity on Mars, the 4th in an increasingly advanced series of rovers to sent to study the 4th planet from our little sun..
My only questions about the compilation of this audio book are:
1. How is the other voice who narrates the introduction, and some of the later chapters..?
and,
2. Where is the audio file for the last chapter, chapter 22? it's in the .pdf and .doc files..

MixedUpZombie (2012-08-02)

This is awesome. The only downside is that Carl keeps inhaling loudly in the microphone.

meta-apathy (2013-03-18)

Wolfy8771: How is the other voice who narrates the introduction, and some of the later chapters..?
and,
2. Where is the audio file for the last chapter, chapter 22? it's in the .pdf and .doc files..
I believe Sagan died during the recording process and had someone else fill in certain sections.