First edition of this cross-border collaboration on the possibility of and preparation for extraterrestrial sentience.
Near fine in very good dust jacket.
Price: $300.00
"I do not think the reader will be distressed by the occasional appearance of a dialogue.
Sagan updated Shklovskii's 1963 work by mail ("The probability of our meeting is unlikely to be smaller than the probability of a visit to the Earth by an extraterrestrial cosmonaut," the latter wrote), highlighting common ground and leaving divergence intact. Written for an educated lay audience, the book is divided into three sections: the structure of the universe, galaxies, and solar system; the definition and possibility of life on neighboring planets; and the means by which intelligent life, specifically, might be sought and contacted.
First printing. San Francisco: Holden-Day, Inc., 1966. 9'' x 6.75''. Original red cloth with gilt-stamped spine, mock leather label. Original unclipped, unpriced (as issued) photographic dust jacket, composite photography provided by Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories and NASA. Illustrated in black and white throughout, with three unnumbered pages of color plates, two printed recto only. xvi, 510, [2] pages. Slight toning to leaves. Mild bumping to extremities. Some chipping and tearing to jacket edges with evidence of attempted repair to verso. Sound.
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