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An engaging and accessible book. -- New York Times Book Review An engaging effort 'to tell a different story about ourselves and our fate among the stars and their many worlds.' -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Knowledgeable, witty, irreverent, provocative, and very entertaining. -- Booklist (starred review) This enthralling book by a leading astrophysicist places our human drama in its proper cosmic context, showing why civilizations must use their technology to safeguard rather than sabotage their planet's climate. -- Max Tegmark, author of Life 3.0

"""An engaging and accessible book."" -- ""New York Times Book Review"" ""An engaging effort 'to tell a different story about ourselves and our fate among the stars and their many worlds.' -- ""Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"" ""Knowledgeable, witty, irreverent, provocative, and very entertaining."" -- ""Booklist (starred review)"" ""This enthralling book by a leading astrophysicist places our human drama in its proper cosmic context, showing why civilizations must use their technology to safeguard rather than sabotage their planet's climate."" -- ""Max Tegmark, author of Life 3.0"""

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Read by Kevin Pariseau, Mark Boyett, L. J. Ganser, Angelo Di Loreto, Vivienne Leheny, Marc Vietor, Gabriel Sloyer, Oliver Wyman, Michael David Axtell, Stephen Bel Davies, and Holter Graham Adam Frank is professor of astrophysics at the University of Rochester and a regular contributor to Discover and Astronomy magazines. He has also written for Scientific American and many other publications and is the cofounder of NPR's 13:7 Cosmos & Culture blog. He was a Hubble Fellow and is the recipient of an American Astronomical Society Prize for his scientific writing.

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