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Carl Sagan's Universe
by Terzian, Yervant and Bilson, Elizabeth (Editors)
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0521576032
- ISBN 13
- 9780521576031
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About This Item
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Univ Press, 1997. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Cambridge Univ Press, 1997. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Illustrated with b/w photographs throughout. Clean and unmarked illustrated wrappers with slight edgewear. Tight and solid glued binding. Page edges clean and white. Title page has a wrinkle in the upper corner and near spine heel, otherwise internals are as new. This book is a fascinating and beautifully illustrated collection of articles by distinguished authors.The first two sections provide an overview of the US Space Program and the Russian Program, and of the current status of the search for extraterrestrial life. The next two sections deal with the importance of science education in the development of a technological society, and the shaping of science policy in helping to solve the problems facing the world today.There is a separate section by Carl Sagan himself discussing the place and role of our planet and mankind in the universe. 282 pages w/index. 7 x 10 inches. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, 1997.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019880
- Title
- Carl Sagan's Universe
- Author
- Terzian, Yervant and Bilson, Elizabeth (Editors)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0521576032
- ISBN 13
- 9780521576031
- Publisher
- Cambridge Univ Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, UK
- Date Published
- 1997
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- SCIENCE ASTRONOMY SOLAR SYSTEM SPACE U.S.SPACE PROGRAM RUSSIAN EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE UNIVERSE PLANETARY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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