A review by whimsicalmeerkat
Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium by Carl Sagan

4.0

Brilliant in the way Sagan so often was, this collection is also even more personal and shows even more insight into the person he was than the other things I have read. One of the pieces that stands out in my mind, perhaps because it was a topical departure than his normal material, is a piece he and his wife wrote regarding abortion and at what point, scientifically, it could be said life begins. I do not agree with everything in the article, but the way in which is was written is something I very much respect. While there was definitely a point they had to make, I do not feel that anything was done to push science to fit it. With that explosive topic, that can't be said of most other work of the kind.