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Read the linked excerpt from Cosmos by Carl Sagan (making sure only to read the relevant paragraphs), then answer the following questions in about 150-200 words total:

  1. From the way Sagan describes the Cosmos, what do you feel is the purpose of this book? How can you tell?
  2. In paragraph 3, why might Sagan describe both skepticism and imagination as crucial to exploration?
  3. In paragraph 4, what does Sagan mean by “the surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean”? What might he be encouraging us to do?
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