Carl Sagan
Author
Language
English
Description
Are we on the brink of a new Dark Age of irrationality and superstition? In this stirring, brilliantly argued book, internationally respected scientist Carl Sagan shows how scientific thinking is necessary to safeguard our democratic institutions and our technical civilization. The Demon-Haunted World is more personal and richer in moving and revealing human stories than anything Sagan has previously written. With illustrations from his own childhood...
2) Contact
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.4 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
The future is here...in an adventure of cosmic dimension. When a signal is discovered that seems to come from far beyond our solar system, a multinational team of scientists decides to find the source. What follows is an eye-opening journey out to the stars to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who-or what-is out there? Why are they watching us? And what do they want with us?
3) Cosmos
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1980
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xvi, 365 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
7) Contact
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
Special edition; Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After an astronomer discovers communication emanating from the star Vega, she leads an international team in deciphering it, and travels through space to contact the senders of the message.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Special edition (all films).
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (522 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Contact: Astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway receives an encrypted message, apparently from a solar system many light-years away.
Lost in space: The year is 2058. With the Earth's resources severely depleted human survival depends upon "The Jupiter Mission." This daring plan will launch an entire family-- the Robinsons-- into the farthest reaches of hyperspace to colonize "Alpha Prime," the only other habitable planet in the galaxy. But when a stowaway...
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Special edition (all films).
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (522 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Contact: Astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway receives an encrypted message, apparently from a solar system many light-years away.
Lost in space: The year is 2058. With the Earth's resources severely depleted human survival depends upon "The Jupiter Mission." This daring plan will launch an entire family-- the Robinsons-- into the farthest reaches of hyperspace to colonize "Alpha Prime," the only other habitable planet in the galaxy. But when a stowaway...
10) Contact
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
1997
Edition
Widescreen format ; special ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (163 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Radio telescopes on Earth receive a signal indicating the existence of life twenty-six light-years away in the vicinity of the star Vega. A brilliant scientist, Ellie Arroway, is instrumental in responding to the message.