Starry messenger [compact disc] : cosmic perspectives on civilization / Neil deGrasse Tyson.

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    • Publication Information:
      Unabridged.
    • Abstract:
      Summary: In a time when our political and cultural perspectives feel more polarized than ever, Neil deGrasse Tyson provides an antidote to so much of what divides us: a cosmic perspective and the rationality of science.
    • Content Notes:
      Overture: 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.
    • Notes:
      Read by the author.
    • Notes:
      Compact discs.
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    • ISBN:
      9781250867766
      1250867762
    • Accession Number:
      1341496720
    • Accession Number:
      ccp.1147457