Carl Sagan's cosmic connection: an extraterrestrial perspective/
Cosmic connection
Carl Sagan ; produced by Jerome Agel ; new contributions by Freeman Dyson, Ann Druyan, and David Morrison.
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
- xxxi, 302 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Originally published: The cosmic connection. New York : Doubleday, 1973. Includes index.
Part I. Cosmic Perspective: 1. A transitional animal 2. The Unicorn of Cetus 3. A message from earth 4. A message to earth 5. Experiments in utopias 6. Chauvinism 7. Space exploration as a human enterprise I. The scientific interest 8. Space exploration as a human enterprise II. The public interest 9. Space exploration as a human enterprise III. The historical interest
Part II. The Solar System: 10. On teaching the first grade 11. 'The ancient and legendary Gods of old' 12. The Venus detective story 13. Venus is hell 14. Science and 'intelligence' 15. The moons of Barsoom 16. The mountains of Mars I. Observations from earth 17. The mountains of Mars II. Observations from space 18. The canals of Mars 19. The lost pictures of Mars 20. The Ice Age and the cauldron 21. Beginnings and ends of the Earth 22. Terraforming the plants 23. The exploration and utlization of the solar system
Part III. Beyond the Solar System: 24. Some of my best friends are dolphins 25. 'Hello, central casting? Send me twenty extraterrestrials' 26. The cosmic connection 27. Extraterrestrial life: an idea whose time has come 28. Has the Earth been visited? 29. A search strategy for detecting extraterrestrial intelligence 30. If we succeed ... 31. Cables, drums, and seashells 32. The night freight to the stars 33. Astroengineering 34. Twenty questions: a classification of cosmic civilisations 35. Galactic cultural exchanges 36. A passage to elsewhere 37. Starfolk I. A Fable 38. Starfolk II. A future 39. Starfolk III. The cosmic Cheshire cats