| Description |
xiii, 282 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Preface / Yervant Terzian and Elizabeth M. Bilson -- Planetary Exploration. 1. On the Occasion of Carl Sagan's Sixtieth Birthday / Wesley T. Huntress, Jr. 2. The Search for the Origins of Life: U.S. Solar System Exploration, 1962-1994 / Edward C. Stone. 3. Highlights of the Russian Planetary Program / Roald Sagdeev. 4. From the Eyepiece to the Footpad: The Search for Life on Mars / Bruce Murray -- Life in the Cosmos. 5. Environments of Earth and Other Worlds / Owen B. Toon. 6. The Origin of Life in a Cosmic Context / Christopher F. Chyba. 7. Impacts and Life: Living in a Risky Planetary System / David Morrison. 8. Extraterrestrial Intelligence: The Significance of the Search / Frank D. Drake. 9. Extraterrestrial Intelligence: The Search Programs / Paul Horowitz. 10. Do the Laws of Physics Permit Wormholes for Interstellar Travel and Machines for Time Travel? / Kip S. Thorne -- Interlude. 11. The Age of Exploration / Carl Sagan -- Science Education |
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12. Does Science Need to Be Popularized? / Ann Druyan. 13. Science and Pseudoscience / James Randi. 14. Science Education in a Democracy / Philip Morrison. 15. The Visual Presentation of Science / Jon Lomberg. 16. Science and the Press / Walter Anderson. 17. Science and Teaching / Bill G. Aldridge -- Science, Environment, and Public Policy. 18. The Relationship of Science and Power / Richard L. Garwin. 19. Nuclear-Free World? / Georgi Arbatov. 20. Carl Sagan and Nuclear Winter / Richard P. Turco. 21. Public Understanding of Global Climate Change / James Hansen. 22. Science and Religion / Joan B. Campbell. 23. Speech in Honor of Carl Sagan / Frank Press -- Epilogue. 24. Carl Sagan at Sixty / Frank H. T. Rhodes |
| Notes |
Papers presented at a symposium held in October, 1994, at Cornell University in honor of Carl Sagan's sixtieth birthday |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996.
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Life on other planets.
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Science news.
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Science -- Social aspects.
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| Genre/Form |
Festschriften.
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| Author |
Bilson, Elizabeth M.
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Terzian, Yervant, 1939-
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| LC no. |
96040511 |
| ISBN |
052157286X |
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0521576032 (paperback) |
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