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'Authorized translation' by Paula Fern of Shklovskii's work. Muller, the book's expansive reach 'is second to none in importance' and Newsweek hailed it as 'a unique collaboration-by-mail between two distinguished astronomers.' With no statement of edition or printings on the copyright page.

The book won early praise as 'fascinating… in concept, scope and execution, the book is as big as its subject' ( Christian Science Monitor), and Isaac Asimov called Intelligent Life in the Universe 'sheer pleasure,' a testimony to 'the brotherhood of science.' To Nobel Laureate H.J. Throughout the book, Sagan adds 'about as much material as there was in the work initially' and was the sole author of 'the figures and captions.' In addition to clarifying many concepts for layman and authoring new material in chapters such as those titled, 'Optical Contact Among Galactic Civilization,' Sagan offers fascinating asides about Sumerian mythology and 'an enigmatic semi-fish, semi-quadrapede Oannes' ( Irish Astronomical Journal). 'The probability of our meeting is unlikely to be smaller than the probability of a visit to the Earth by a extraterrestrial cosmonaut,' Shklovskii once wrote him. In Sagan's description of his remarkable collaboration with Shklovskii, conducted entirely by mail with the Russian scientist in the Soviet Union and Sagan in the U.S., he explains they were never able 'to discuss the present edition in person. Shklovskii, featuring Sagan's extensive conceptual commentary and theoretical additions to the first appearance in English of Shklovskii's 1963 work, Vselennaia, hizn, Rasum (Universe, Life, Mind), signed on the half title by Sagan, with numerous full-page and in-text color and black-and-white illustrations. Octavo, original red cloth, original dust jacket.įirst edition of Sagan's first book, his 'unique collaboration' with Russian astrophysicist Iosef S. 'SECOND TO NONE IN IMPORTANCE': FIRST EDITION OF INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE, SIGNED BY CARL SAGAN

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