Carl Sagan's cosmic connection: an extraterrestrial perspective/ (Record no. 163292)
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| fixed length control field | 01585cam a2200325 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0521783038 (hardback) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 576.839 |
| Item number | SAG/C |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Sagan, Carl, |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Carl Sagan's cosmic connection: an extraterrestrial perspective/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Carl Sagan ; produced by Jerome Agel ; new contributions by Freeman Dyson, Ann Druyan, and David Morrison. |
| 246 30 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE | |
| Title proper/short title | Cosmic connection |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Cambridge ; |
| -- | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Cambridge University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2000. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxxi, 302 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. ; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Originally published: The cosmic connection. New York : Doubleday, 1973. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Includes index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Part I. Cosmic Perspective: 1. A transitional animal<br/>2. The Unicorn of Cetus<br/>3. A message from earth<br/>4. A message to earth<br/>5. Experiments in utopias<br/>6. Chauvinism<br/>7. Space exploration as a human enterprise I. The scientific interest<br/>8. Space exploration as a human enterprise II. The public interest<br/>9. Space exploration as a human enterprise III. The historical interest<br/><br/>Part II. The Solar System: 10. On teaching the first grade<br/>11. 'The ancient and legendary Gods of old'<br/>12. The Venus detective story<br/>13. Venus is hell<br/>14. Science and 'intelligence'<br/>15. The moons of Barsoom<br/>16. The mountains of Mars I. Observations from earth<br/>17. The mountains of Mars II. Observations from space<br/>18. The canals of Mars<br/>19. The lost pictures of Mars<br/>20. The Ice Age and the cauldron<br/>21. Beginnings and ends of the Earth<br/>22. Terraforming the plants<br/>23. The exploration and utlization of the solar system<br/><br/>Part III. Beyond the Solar System: 24. Some of my best friends are dolphins<br/>25. 'Hello, central casting? Send me twenty extraterrestrials'<br/>26. The cosmic connection<br/>27. Extraterrestrial life: an idea whose time has come<br/>28. Has the Earth been visited?<br/>29. A search strategy for detecting extraterrestrial intelligence<br/>30. If we succeed ... <br/>31. Cables, drums, and seashells<br/>32. The night freight to the stars<br/>33. Astroengineering<br/>34. Twenty questions: a classification of cosmic civilisations<br/>35. Galactic cultural exchanges<br/>36. A passage to elsewhere<br/>37. Starfolk I. A Fable<br/>38. Starfolk II. A future<br/>39. Starfolk III. The cosmic Cheshire cats |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Life on other planets. |
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| Keyword | Life |
| General subdivision | Origin. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | General Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 29/08/2016 | 576.839 SAG/C | P18202 | 29/08/2016 | General Books |