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Contact Mass_market - 1997

by Sagan, Carl

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Pocket Books, 7/1/1997 12:00:01 AM. mass_market. Good. 1.6535 in x 6.7323 in x 4.1732 in.
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  • Title Contact
  • Author Sagan, Carl
  • Binding mass_market
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 448
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Pocket Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 7/1/1997 12:00:01 AM
  • Bookseller's Inventory # mon0000080390
  • ISBN 9780671004101 / 0671004107
  • Weight 0.53 lbs (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.75 x 4.19 x 1.1 in (17.15 x 10.64 x 2.79 cm)
  • Size 1.6535 in x 6.7323 in x 4.1732 i
  • Reading level 1010
  • Category Fiction - Science Fiction
  • Library of Congress subjects Science fiction, Extraterrestrial beings
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
  • Quantity available 1

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This seller has earned a 4.11 of 5 Stars rating from internet customers.
4.11 / 5 (313 total reviews)

Readers were split. Admirers praised its science-rich plausibility, hopeful outlook, and searching dialogues about faith, culture, and first contact—often appreciating the novel’s broader scope than the film. Detractors found it slow and talky, heavy on politics and argument and light on plot, with some preferring the movie or quitting early.

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From the publisher

In December, 1999, a multinational team journeys out to the stars, to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who -- or what -- is out there?
In Cosmos, Carl Sagan explained the universe. In Contact, he predicts its future -- and our own.

First line

By human standards it could not possibly have been artificial: It was the size of a world.

About the author

Carl Sagan

The books of Carl Sagan, the distinguished astronomer, are the most widely read scientific works in the world. Cosmos, first published in 1980, is the bestselling science book ever published in the English language. The accompanying Peabody and Emmy Award winning television series was broadcast in sixty countries. His other books include The Dragons of Eden, awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1978, Broca's Brain, and the bestseller (with Ann Druyan), Comet.

Dr. Sagan was deeply involved in both spacecraft exploration of the planets and the radio search for extraterrestrial intelligence. His numerous awards included the NASA medals for Exceptional Scientific Achievement and for Distinguished Public Service, the John F. kennedy Astronautics Award, the Honda Prize, the Joseph Priestly Award "for distinguished contributions to the welfare of mankind," and the National Academy of Science Public Service Medal. The National Science Foundation states his "research revolutionized planetary science...his gifts to mankind were infinite."

Dr. Sagan was the David Duncan Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences at Cornell University, where he also served as director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at the Center for Radiophysics and Space Research. He died in 1996.

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