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Contact
Carl Sagan · 1999
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Book details
- Author
- Carl Sagan
- Publisher
- Tandem Library
- Published
- October 1999
- Format
- School & Library Binding
- Language
- English
- ISBN-13
- 9780785787822
- ISBN-10
- 0785787828
- Categories
- Science fiction
About this book
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.
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