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How are the Voyager spacecraft able to travel quickly to distant planets?

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Question 2

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What does Sagan believe about the intelligence of the Voyager spacecraft

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Question 3

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What contributed to the formation of the first microbes on Earth?

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Question 4

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What are the distinguishing characteristics of the moon Titan?

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How was Sagan involved in discoveries about Titan?

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Question 6

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How could Dermott's calculations about Titan be confirmed?

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Question 7

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Why did ancient people believe there could not be any other planets beyond the ones they knew about?

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Question 8

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What are the distinguishing characteristics of the planet Uranus?

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Question 9

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How does Saga claim that human beings expressed their desire to wander as civilization grew?

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Question 10

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How did ancient people know about the planets?

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Question 11

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What planets had been explored by human beings, at the time of the writing of this book?

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Question 12

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What was Sagan's involvement in the passage of Mars by the Viking probe?

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Question 13

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What questions does Sagan say he intends to address in this book?

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Question 14

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Why does Saga say he is optimistic about the "human prospect"?

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Question 15

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As of 1990, what had the Voyager spacecraft achieved?

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What dangers did the Voyager I spacecraft face in taking a distant picture of Earth?

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Question 17

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What does the image of the "pale blue dot" suggest to Sagan?

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Question 18

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Why does Sagan believe that the image of the "pale blue dot" undermined the "imagined self-importance" of humanity?

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Question 19

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What is the problem of perspective in estimating the importance of human beings?

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Question 20

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Briefly describe the progress made to undermine the geocentric theory.

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Question 21

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What are the "great demotions" that Sagan refers to?

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What "malevolent" theology does Sagan describe in Chapter 3, "The Great Demotions"?

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Question 23

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What seemingly important features of humanity does Sagan deny to be distinguishing?

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Question 24

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What does the Strong Anthropomorphic principle suggest?

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Question 25

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How has the attitude of the Catholic church towards Galileo changed over time?

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