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Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium

1997 essay by Carl Sagan
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Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium

Summary

Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (132 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium authored Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium — author (P50): Carl Sagan[3].
  • Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium's instance of is recorded as Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium — instance of (P31): written work[4].
  • Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium's instance of is recorded as Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium — instance of (P31): posthumous work[5].
  • Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium was published by Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium — publisher (P123): Random House[6].
  • Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium's genre is Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium — genre (P136): essay[7].
  • Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium followed Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium — follows (P155): The Demon-Haunted World[8].
  • Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium was followed by Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium — followed by (P156): The Varieties of Scientific Experience[9].
  • Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium's language of work or name is recorded as Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium — language of work or name (P407): English[10].
  • Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium's country of origin is recorded as Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium — country of origin (P495): United States[11].
  • Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium was published on 1997[12].
  • Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium's has edition or translation is recorded as Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium — has edition or translation (P747): Q137844268[13].
  • Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium's main subject is Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium — main subject (P921): science[14].
  • Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Billions and Billions'}[15].
  • Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium'}[16].
  • Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'I never said it.'}[17].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Prose[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 6fa1d4b5-ec63-4fab-920d-2ac445c4e93c[19]

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium — instance of (P31): written work[4] and Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium — instance of (P31): posthumous work[5].

Why It Matters

Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium ranks in the top 7% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (132 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Carl Sagan science United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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