by Carl Sagan · Plaza & Janés · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401491252
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«Contacto» is the science fiction novel by Carl Sagan, published by Plaza & Janés in paperback (448 pages, in Spanish).
In the novel, the Argus project, a complex of radio telescopes, searches the universe for a signal that reveals the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence. One day the message arrives: something or someone is calling. From that moment on, the discovery tests the scientific community and governments, and raises questions about humanity's place in the cosmos.
This is Raquel Albornoz's translation of the original novel Contact, published in the Jet collection by Plaza & Janés.
Readers interested in science fiction with a scientific basis and in the works of Carl Sagan.
Carl Edward Sagan was an American astronomer, planetary scientist and science communicator. Initially an assistant professor at Harvard, Sagan later moved to Cornell, where he was the David Duncan Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences and directed the Laboratory for Planetary Studies. He played an active role in the Mariner, Viking and Voyager programs. He published more than 600 scientific papers and articles and several popular science books, starting with The Cosmic Connection. He won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for The Dragons of Eden.
