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Contact Audiobook

by Carl Sagan
language: english
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio, February of 2012 ‧
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Cosmos and renowned astronomer Carl Sagan’s international bestseller about the discovery of an advanced civilization in the depths of space remains the "greatest adventure of all time" (Associated Press).

The future is here…in an adventure of cosmic dimension. When a signal is discovered that seems to come from far beyond our solar system, a multinational team of scientists decides to find the source. What follows is an eye-opening journey out to the stars to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who—or what—is out there? Why are they watching us? And what do they want with us?

One of the best science fiction novels about communication with extraterrestrial intelligent beings, Contact is a "stunning and satisfying" (Los Angeles Times) classic.

Contact

by Carl Sagan

Property Description
ISBN: 9781442353817
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Release Date: February of 2012
Language: English
Format: Audiobook
File Size B
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Categories: eBooks in English > Others
EAN: 9781442353817

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan (1934-1996) was a professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences and director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University; he was also a visiting scientist at Jet Propulsion Laboratory and in California Institute of Technology and co-founder and president of Planetary Society, the most important in the world dedicated to space issues.
Throughout his life, he received numerous awards (Award Pulitzer, numerous NASA medals, the Prize Apollothe Prize Masursky and the National Academy of Sciences' Public Welfare Medal). An asteroid, 2709, was named after him. In awarding him its highest prize, the National Academy of Sciences observed: 'No one has ever managed to convey the wonder, the excitement, and the joy of science so well as Carl Sagan... His ability to capture the attention of millions of people and to explain complex concepts in an accessible way is a magnificent achievement.'

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