ContactPocket Books, 1997 - 448 pages In December, 1999, a multinational team journeys out to the stars, to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who -- or what -- is out there? In Cosmos, Carl Sagan explained the universe. In Contact, he predicts its future -- and our own. |
Contents
PARTI THE MESSAGE | 1 |
Transcendental Numbers | 3 |
Coherent Light | 15 |
Copyright | |
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