Making contact : Jill Tarter and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence / Sarah Scoles.

"Jill Tarter is a pioneer, an innovator, an adventurer, and a controversial force. At a time when women weren't encouraged to do much outside the home, Tarter ventured as far out as she could -- into the three-Kelvin cold of deep space. And she hasn't stopped investigating a subject t...

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Main Author: Scoles, Sarah (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Pegasus Books, 2017.
Edition:First Pegasus books edition.
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