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Contact is a 1985 hard science fiction novel by American scientist Carl Sagan. It deals with the theme of contact between humanity and a more technologically advanced extraterrestrial life form. It ranked No. 7 on Publishers Weekly ' s 1985 bestseller list. The only full work of fiction published by Sagan, the novel originated as a screenplay ...
- Carl Sagan
- 1985
May 24, 2010 · Contact: Palmer Joss is one of my heroes. Contact is the story of a scientist who, through an unexplainable experience, opens up to previously dismissed possibilities about the nature and mysteries of our existence. Ellie Arroway is your garden variety young scientist, pure and noble in her utter trust in science as the path to discovering truth.
Apr 29, 2024 · Perhaps, even if Palmer Joss truly did not know much about this discovery, it felt as if he was certainly helping guide her thoughts towards the possibilities of contact with the other side.
Sep 9, 2019 · In the 1997 film Contact, astronomer Ellie Arroway detects a signal seemingly from the star Vega. It communicates prime numbers and contains an enhanced version of the first human TV signal powerful enough to escape into space: Hitler’s opening speech at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. As clear evidence of extraterrestrial life, news of the signal spreads and turns Ellie's world upside ...
May 3, 2024 · Arroway asks the committee to accept the truth of her testimony on faith, as inspired by Palmer Joss, who sits in the audience. In a private conversation, Kitz and a White House official talk about unreleased confidential information that Arroway's recording device recorded static for 18 hours—proving she may have gone somewhere.
Dec 21, 2011 · In the film she forms a cautious relationship with Palmer Joss (Matthew McConaughey), a believer in God who writes about science. Key roles are played by science advisors to the President, who see aliens, God and messages from space all in cynical political terms. They justify their politics with the catch-all motive of "national defense."
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Nov 10, 2017 · The sympathetic Palmer Joss (played by Matthew McConaughey in the film) is a kind of young Billy Graham figure. He’s patriotic, nonpartisan, and seeks a “middle course” on issues of science ...
