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The Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective

Carl Sagan

First published 1973
Publisher Anchor Press / Doubleday
Format Hardcover
Type Nonfiction
Cover art Jon Lomberg
Pages xiii+274
Price $7.95
ISBN 0385004575

  • Cover artist credited on back flap of dustjacket.
  • Illustrated with photographs and some uncredited drawings as well as the credited interior artists' work.
  • Jerome Agel shares the copyright on the copyright page but appears to be an editor rather than a true co-author.
  • Pages 271-274 are an index.

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Page Title Author(s) Type
3 A Transitional Animal Carl Sagan Essay
9 The Unicorn of Cetus Carl Sagan Essay
17 A Message from Earth Carl Sagan Essay
21 A Message to Earth Carl Sagan Essay
35 Experiments in Utopias Carl Sagan Essay
41 Chauvinism Carl Sagan Essay
51 Space Exploration As a Human Enterprise: I. The Scientific Interest Carl Sagan Essay
59 Space Exploration As a Human Enterprise: II. The Public Interest Carl Sagan Essay
66 Space Exploration As a Human Enterprise: III. The Historical Interest Carl Sagan Essay
73 On Teaching the First Grade Carl Sagan Essay
77 "The Ancient and Legendary Gods of Old" Carl Sagan Essay
81 The Venus Detective Story Carl Sagan Essay
87 Venus Is Hell Carl Sagan Essay
95 Science and "Intelligence" Carl Sagan Essay
101 The Moons of Barsoom Carl Sagan Essay
115 The Mountains of Mars: I. The Observation from Earth Carl Sagan Essay
123 The Mountains of Mars: II. The Observation from Space Carl Sagan Essay
129 The Canals of Mars Carl Sagan Essay
135 The Lost Pictures of Mars Carl Sagan Essay
141 The Ice Age and the Cauldron Carl Sagan Essay
145 The Beginnings and Ends of the Earth Carl Sagan Essay
148 Terraforming the Planets Carl Sagan Essay
155 The Exploration and Utilization of the Solar System Carl Sagan Essay
167 Some of My Best Friends Are Dolphins Carl Sagan Essay
181 "Hello, Central Casting? Send Me Twenty Extraterrestrials" Carl Sagan Essay
185 The Cosmic Connection Carl Sagan Essay
191 Extraterrestrial Life: An Idea Whose Time Has Come Carl Sagan Essay
199 Has the Earth Been Visited? Carl Sagan Essay
209 A Search Strategy for Detecting Extraterrestrial Intelligence Carl Sagan Essay
215 If We Succeed... Carl Sagan Essay
221 Cables, Drums and Seashells Carl Sagan Essay
227 The Night Freight to the Stars Carl Sagan Essay
229 Astroengineering Carl Sagan Essay
233 Twenty Questions: A Classification of Cosmic Civilization Carl Sagan Essay
241 Galactic Cultural Exchange Carl Sagan Essay
245 A Passage to Elsewhen Carl Sagan Essay
249 Starfolk: I. A Fable Carl Sagan Essay
257 Starfolk: II. A Future Carl Sagan Essay
263 Starfolk: III. The Cosmic Cheshire Cats Carl Sagan Essay
vii Preface (The Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective) Carl Sagan Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective Cover 1975 Coronet Trade Paperback Nonfiction xiii+274
The Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective Cover 1975 Dell Paperback Nonfiction 440-03301-175 274
The Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective Cover 1979 Dell Paperback Nonfiction 274