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Intelligent life in the universe:

Vselennaja zizn'razum
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Holden-Day, 1966 - Astronomy - 509 pages

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The first part of this book is a popular introduction to astronomy and cosmology; as far as I can tell, it is accurate but dated: a lot of discoveries were made after this book came out: pulsars ... Read full review

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Contents

Perspectives
2
Extraterrestrial life as a psychological projective test
12
THE UNIVERSE
13
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Intelligent life in the universe: Vselennaja zizn'razum
Intelligent life in the universe: Vselennaja zizn'razum
I. S. Shklovskiĭ,Carl Sagan
Snippet view - 1966
Intelligent Life in the Universe
Intelligent Life in the Universe
I. S. Shklovskiĭ,Carl Sagan
No preview available - 1998

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TitleIntelligent life in the universe: Vselennaja zizn'razum
AuthorsI. S. Shklovskiĭ, Carl Sagan
PublisherHolden-Day, 1966
Original fromthe University of California
Digitized2 Jun 2009
Length509 pages
SubjectsAstronomy
Interstellar communication
Life on other planets
  
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