El universo de Carl Sagan
editado por Yervant Terzian, Elizabeth Bilson.
- España Cambridge University Press 1999.
- 336 p. ill. (some col.) 24 cm.
Papers presented at a symposium held in October, 1994, at Cornell University in honor of Carl Sagan's sixtieth birthday.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
On the occasion of Carl Sagan's sixtieth birthday / Wesley T. Huntress, Jr. -- The search for the origins of life: U.S. solar system exploration, 1962-1994 / Edward C. Stone -- Highlights of the Russian planetary program / Roald Sagdeev -- From the eyepiece to the footpad: the search for life on Mars / Bruce Murray -- Environments of Earth and other worlds / Owen B. Toon -- The origin of life in a cosmic context / Christopher F. Chyba -- Impacts and life: living in a risky planetary system / David Morrison -- Extraterrestial intelligence: the significance of the search / Frank D. Drake -- Extraterrestrial intelligence: the search programs / Paul Horowitz -- Do the laws of physics permit wormholes for interstellar travel and machines for time travel? / Kip S. Thorne -- The age of exploration / Carl Sagan -- Does science need to be popularized? / Ann Druyan -- Science and pseudoscience / James Randi -- Science education in a democracy / Philip Morrison -- The visual presentation of science / Jon Lomberg -- Science and the press / Walter Anderson -- Science and teaching / Bill G. Aldridge -- The relationship of science and power / Richard L. Garwin -- Nuclear-free world? / Georgi Arbatov -- Carl Sagan and nuclear winter / Richard P. Turco -- Public understanding of global climate change / James Hansen -- Science and religion / Joan B. Campbell -- Speech in honor of Carl Sagan / Frank Press -- Carl Sagan at sixty / Frank H. T. Rhodes.
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