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050 0 0 _aCB478
_b.T96 2022
099 _a901
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100 1 _aTyson, Neil deGrasse,
245 1 0 _aStarry messenger :
_bcosmic perspectives on civilization /
_cNeil deGrasse Tyson.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bHenry Holt and Company,
_c2022.
264 4 _c©2022.
300 _axiv, 269 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c22 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 223-256) and index.
505 0 _aOverture: Science and society -- Truth & beauty : aesthetics in life and in the cosmos -- Exploration & discovery : the value of both when shaping civilization -- Earth & moon : cosmic perspectives -- Conflict & resolution : tribal forces within us all -- Risk & reward : calculations we make daily with our own lives and the lives of other -- Meatarians & vegetarians : we are not entirely what we eat -- Gender & identity : people are more the same than different -- Color & race : once again, people are more the same than different -- Law & order : the foundation of civilization, whether we like it or not -- Coda: Life & death.
520 _a"Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson shines new light on the crucial fault lines of our time--war, politics, religion, truth, beauty, gender, and race--in a way that stimulates a deeper sense of unity for us all"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aCivilization
_xPhilosophy.
650 0 _aCosmology.
650 0 _aScience and civilization.
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