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Pale Blue Dot
by Carl Sagan
Built around the Voyager photo of Earth as a mote of dust: humility, planetary exploration, our future in space. Sagan's most moving book.
Read it if…
you want perspective on human significance.
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Skip it if…
you want technical astronomy.
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Three things you will actually use
- Everyone you love lived on that dot.
- Humility is the lesson.
- Explore anyway.
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Read the opening meditation on the photograph.
Our verdict
Sagan's dot.
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