Pub Date: February 26, 2019
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Code: 1010
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 1.10" H x 8.00" L x 5.30" W ( 0.65 lbs) 384 pages
BISAC Categories:
Fiction | Science Fiction | Alien Contact | Classics | Media TieIn
Description: Astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway receives an encrypted message, apparently from a solar system many light-years away.
Brief description: Carl Sagan was Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences and Director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University. He played a leading role in the Mariner, Viking, and Voyager spacecraft expeditions, for which he received the NASA medals for Exceptional Scientific Achievement. Dr. Sagan received the Pulitzer Prize and the highest awards of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Science Foundation for his contributions to science, literature, education, and the preservation of the environment. His book Cosmos was the bestselling science book ever published in the English language, and his bestselling novel, Contact, was turned into a major motion picture.