The books that made Carl Sagan study science. I made a couple of longer videos about Carl Sagan recently on my YouTube channel.

These are the books that Carl Sagan said inspired him to pursue science. It includes the works of George Gammal, a physicist who wrote the Mr. Tomkin series, James Jeans, a British astronomer. Rachel Carson, whose book Silent Spring, started an entire environmental movement. Arthur Eddington, who showed how to communicate deep physics concepts to non-specialists. Julian Huxley, a biologist who wrote one of the most influential books in evolutionary biology. JBS Heldane, who was imaginative and argued that science belongs to everyone. And Arthur C. Clarke, whose sci-fi influenced popular expectations of space travel. Just after writing this list of books, Sagan wrote, "Our species needs and deserves a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.