Author: Sagan, Carl [1934-1996]
Title: Carl Sagan's Cosmic Connection : An Extraterrestrial Perspective
Description: Cambridge ; New York, Cambridge Univ. Press, 24x15cm. orig. boards. 2000, xxxi, 302 pp.. ill.. Minor rubbing. Light binding corner bump. VG. ¶ Contects: Cosmic Perspectives; The Solar System; Beyond the Solar System; Contents Foreword Freeman Dyson; Personal reflections Ann Druyan; Preface; Part I. Cosmic Perspective: 1. A transitional animal; 2. The Unicorn of Cetus; 3. A message from earth; 4. A message to earth; 5. Experiments in utopias; 6. Chauvinism; 7. Space exploration as a human enterprise I. The scientific interest; 8. Space exploration as a human enterprise II. The public interest; 9. Space exploration as a human enterprise III. The historical interest; Part II. The Solar System: 10. On teaching the first grade; 11. ‘The ancient and legendary Gods of old’; 12. The Venus detective story; 13. Venus is hell; 1 4. Science and ‘intelligence’; 15. The moons of Barsoom; 16. The mountains of Mars I. Observations from earth;17. The mountains of Mars II. Observations from space; 18. The canals of Mars; 19. The lost pictures of Mars; 20. The Ice Age and the cauldron; 21. Beginnings and ends of the Earth; 22. Terraforming the plants; 23. The exploration and utlization of the solar system; Part III. Beyond the Solar System: 24. Some of my best friends are dolphins; 25. ‘Hello, central casting? Send me twenty extraterrestrials’; 26. The cosmic connection; 27. Extraterrestrial life: an idea whose time has come; 28. Has the Earth been visited?; 29. A search strategy for detecting extraterrestrial intelligence; 30. If we succeed …

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