| Edition |
1st Ballantine Books ed. |
| Description |
xii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-283) and index. |
| Contents |
Billions and billions -- The Persian chessboard -- Monday-night hunters -- The gaze of God and the dripping faucet -- Four cosmic questions -- So many suns, so many worlds -- The world that came in the mail -- The environment: where does prudence lie? -- Croesus and Cassandra -- A piece of the sky is missing -- Ambush: the warming of the world -- Escape from ambush -- Religion and science: an alliance -- The common enemy -- Abortion: is it possible to be both "pro-life" and "pro-choice"? (cowritten with Ann Druyan) -- The rules of the game -- Gettyburg and now (cowritten with Ann Druyan)-- The twentieth century -- In the valley of the shadow -- Epilogue (Anne Druyan). |
| Subject |
Science -- Miscellanea -- Popular works.
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Science -- Miscellanea. |
| Genre/Form |
Popular works.
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Trivia and miscellanea.
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Trivia and miscellanea.
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| Cover Title |
Billions & billions |
| ISBN |
0345379187 paperback $14.00 |
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