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1) Contact
Language
English
Formats
Description
After an astronomer discovers communication emanating from the star Vega, she leads an international team in deciphering it, and travels through space to contact the senders of the message.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Sigma
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In 1977, a team led by the great Carl Sagan was put together to create a record that would travel to the stars on the back of NASA's Voyager probe. They were responsible for creating a playlist of music, sounds and pictures that would represent not just humanity, but would also paint a picture of Earth for any future alien races that may come into contact with the probe. The Vinyl Frontier tells the whole story of how the record was created, from...
Author
Series
Gifford lectures volume 1985
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Sagan sets down his detailed thoughts on the relationship between religion and science and describes his personal search to understand the nature of the sacred in the vastness of the cosmos. In 1985, Sagan was invited to give the famous Gifford Lectures in Scotland on the grand occasion of the lectureship's centennial. The result is this delightfully intimate discussion of his views on topics ranging from the likelihood of intelligent life on other...
Author
Series
Publisher
Ferguson Pub. Co
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life of Carl Sagan from his birth in Brooklyn to becoming an astronomer; discusses his writings and his work with SETI and the Planetary Society; and provides information about careers in astronomy.
8) Carl Sagan
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1020L
Language
English
Description
A biography of the celebrity scientist who brought astronomy to books, magazines, and television, as well as to his Cornell University classroom.
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