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Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space / Carl Sagan.

by Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996.

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Ballantine Books, 1997, c1994.

Outer space -- Exploration.

9780345376596 (pbk.)

1st Ballantine books ed.

xxi, 360 p. ; 21 cm.

Originally published: New York : Random House, c1994.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-341) and index.

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.

Examines humankind's changing awareness of its place in the universe and the rich potential of human ventures into the world beyond Earth.

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