“The best nonfiction bet of the year.”
—The Denver Post

“Every generation needs one scientist of impeccable credentials who is capable of explaining, in reasonably clear English and without sounding patronizing, what the hell is going on in our labs and think-tanks. At the moment, the chair is occupied (and very ably) by Carl Sagan, whose Dragons of Eden has already garnered a Pulitzer Prize.”

—The Houston Post

“In the hands of an extraordinary scientist like Carl Sagan, the presentation of science as it really is becomes the exhilarating adventure it ought to be.”

—Worcester Telegram

“Articulate, entertaining, and occasionally profound, he does what few other respected scientists can or have bothered to do—he gives science to the people. BROCA’S BRAIN is a marvelous gift.”

—The Providence Journal

“Sagan is enjoying himself.… The puzzles and enigmas of the universe are unending. It is a scientist’s delight in them that runs through all the parts of BROCA’S BRAIN.”

—Washington Star