In this Youtube clip posted by "Napkin Botany," Carl Sagan explicates many of the ideas explored in The Dragons of Eden on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, May 20, 1977.
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The Dragons of Eden, by Carl Sagan (Random House)
Winning Work
The Jury
The Jury
Barbara A. Bannon(Chair)
Executive Editor, Publishers Weekly
Roderick Nordell
Assistant Chief Editorial Writer, The Christian Science Monitor
Larry Swindell
Book Editor, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Winners in General Nonfiction
1978 Prize Winners
William Safire
For commentary on the Bert Lance affair.
Walter Kerr
For articles on the theater in 1977 and throughout his long career.