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Science 7 January 2000:
Vol. 287. no. 5450, pp. 46 - 47
DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5450.46
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BIOGRAPHY:
Two Views of a Star's Life

A review by Clark R. Chapman

Carl Sagan A Life in the Cosmos
William Poundstone
Henry Holt, New York, 1999. 491 pp. $30, C$45. ISBN 0-8050-5766-8.

Carl Sagan A Life
Keay Davidson
John Wiley, New York, 1999. 560 pp. $30, C$41.95. ISBN 0-471-25286-7.

In their examination of the life and science of Carl Sagan, the biographies by Keay Davidson and William Poundstone pay particular attention to the causes and consequences of his celebrity status.
The author is in the Department of Space Studies, Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Suite 426, Boulder, CO 80302, USA. E-mail: cchapman{at}boulder.swri.edu

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