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Carl Sagan's universe / edited by Yervant Terzian, Elizabeth Bilson.

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1997.

xiii, 282 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

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.

Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996.

Life on other planets.

Science news.

Science -- Social aspects.

Festschriften.

Terzian, Yervant, 1939-2019

Bilson, Elizabeth M.

Papers presented at a symposium held in October, 1994, at Cornell University in honor of Carl Sagan's sixtieth birthday.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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