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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36130681 Title: Carl Sagan's universe Author: Yervant Terzian; Elizabeth M Bilson Publisher: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1997. ISBN/ISSN: 052157286X 9780521572866 0521576032 9780521576031 OCLC:36130681

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Carl Sagan's universe

Author:	Yervant Terzian; Elizabeth M Bilson
Publisher:	Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Edition/Format:	Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	Written in honor of Carl Sagan's achievements, this illustrated collection of articles by a team of authors covers areas in which Sagan worked: the U.S. and Russian space programs, the search for extraterrestrial life, the importance of science education, and the shaping of science policy. Includes a chapter by Carl Sagan on the place and role of our planet and mankind in the universe.
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Genre/Form:	Aufsatzsammlung
Named Person:	Carl Sagan; Carl Sagan; Sagan, Carl <1934-1996>
Material Type:	Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Yervant Terzian; Elizabeth M Bilson Find more information about:
ISBN:	052157286X 9780521572866 0521576032 9780521576031
OCLC Number:	36130681
Notes:	Papers presented at a symposium held in October, 1994, at Cornell University in honor of Carl Sagan's sixtieth birthday.
Description:	xiii, 282 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Contents:	On the occasion of Carl Sagan's sixtieth birthday / Wesley T. Huntress, Jr. -- The search for the origins of life: U.S. solar system exploration, 1962-1994 / Edward C. Stone -- Highlights of the Russian planetary program / Roald Sagdeev -- From the eyepiece to the footpad: the search for life on Mars / Bruce Murray -- Environments of Earth and other worlds / Owen B. Toon -- The origin of life in a cosmic context / Christopher F. Chyba -- Impacts and life: living in a risky planetary system / David Morrison -- Extraterrestrial intelligence: the significance of the search / Frank D. Drake -- Extraterrestrial intelligence: the search programs / Paul Horowitz -- Do the laws of physics permit wormholes for interstellar travel and machines for time travel? / Kip S. Thorne -- The age of exploration / Carl Sagan -- Does science need to be popularized? / Ann Druyan -- Science and pseudoscience / James Randi -- Science education in a democracy / Philip Morrison -- The visual presentation of science / Jon Lomberg -- Science and the press / Walter Anderson -- Science and teaching / Bill G. Aldridge -- The relationship of science and power / Richard L. Garwin -- Nuclear-free world? / Georgi Arbatov -- Carl Sagan and nuclear winter / Richard P. Turco -- Public understanding of global climate change / James Hansen -- Science and religion / Joan B. Campbell -- Speech in honor of Carl Sagan / Frank Press -- Carl Sagan at sixty / Frank H.T. Rhodes.
Responsibility:	edited by Yervant Terzian, Elizabeth Bilson.
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