Contact (the Original Work of the Classic Movie "contact")
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The pinnacle of hard science fiction praised by Hawking and Asimov, and the original work of the film history classic "Contact." Written by Carl Sagan, an astronomer, astrophysicist, Hugo Award and Pulitzer Prize winner who influenced the human world view, it is both a science fiction novel and a popular science work. It is based on his personal participation in the SETI (Extraterrestrial Intelligence Exploration Project) project experience. It presents hard-core details at the scientific research level and affects a generation's scientific outlook. With scientific research-level technical details and timeless poetry, it presents mankind's grand imagination of extraterrestrial civilization. Ellie Arroway, a female scientist who lost her father when she was young, relied on her intelligence and perseverance to carve out a place in the male-dominated world of radio astronomy. While systematically detecting extraterrestrial radio information, she suddenly received a message with strict mathematical significance from the direction of Vega. After difficult deciphering, Ellie discovered that it was a manufacturing blueprint for a mysterious vehicle. After a fierce confrontation between scientists and politicians, the news was made public, and the world was extremely excited to invest in the construction of transportation vehicles. At the same time, contact with advanced civilization brought about the association of "miracles", and the religious fanaticism of the people was also aroused, and various conflicts and confrontations emerged in society. On the last afternoon of the 20th century, a five-member team composed of scientists from the United States, the Soviet Union, China and other countries flew to Vega in a vehicle as representatives of mankind. After witnessing a series of cosmic wonders, he landed at a transit station in the universe. The five members experienced personal and national fantasy experiences here. The novel truly describes the entire process of this adventurous visit, including receiving messages, making machines, and traveling through black holes to fly to the Milky Way. It explores the relationship between religion and science, and conducts profound speculation and exploration on human nature, scientific spirit, and extraterrestrial civilization.
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