Pale Blue Dot
A Vision of the Human Future in Space
New York : Random House, [1994]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xviii, 429 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Author suggests that the survival of the human race depends on the exploration and settlement of other worlds.
Contents:
Wanderers: an introduction -- You are here -- Aberrations of light -- The great demotions -- A universe not made for us -- Is there intelligent life on Earth? -- The triumph of Voyager -- Among the moons of Saturn -- The first new planet -- An American ship at the frontiers of the solar system -- Sacred black -- Evening and morning star -- The ground melts -- The gift of Apollo -- Exploring other worlds and protecting this one -- The gates of the wonder world open -- Scaling heaven -- Routine interplanetary violence -- The marsh of Camarina -- Remaking the planets -- Darkness -- To the sky! -- Tiptoeing through the Milky Way.
ISBN:
0679764860
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SCIENCE Space Sag | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 406-411) and index.