Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Turn of the Millennium

This is the last book by the famous scientist and science popularizer Carl Sagan. In his characteristic clear and illustrative manner, Sagan shows how knowledge in the fields of natural sciences and mathematics is applied in our everyday lives, and also addresses the most important issues related to the environment and the future of humanity. His interests are wide and diverse: he easily shifts from the question of the invention of chess to the possibility of life on Mars, from the origins of our addiction to football to the relationships between the USA and Russia, from global warming to debates about a woman's right to abortion. In the last essay, which the author wrote while battling a deadly illness, his revelations about love for family and his personal relationship with death and God are presented.