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The Cosmic Connection

essay by Carl Sagan
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The Cosmic Connection

Summary

The Cosmic Connection is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (102 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Cosmic Connection authored Carl Sagan[3].
  • The Cosmic Connection's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Cosmic Connection's genre is essay[5].
  • The Cosmic Connection's language of work or name is recorded as English[6].
  • The Cosmic Connection's country of origin is recorded as United States[7].
  • The Cosmic Connection was published on 1973[8].
  • The Cosmic Connection's has edition or translation is recorded as Q131827895[9].
  • The Cosmic Connection's main subject is extraterrestrial intelligence[10].
  • The Cosmic Connection's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Cosmic Connection'}[11].
  • The Cosmic Connection's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'An Extraterrestrial Perspective'}[12].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Prose[13]

  • MusicBrainz ID: aa84cd19-ebd6-47eb-a489-c9afc26d59e2[14]

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Authorship and Creation

The Cosmic Connection authored Carl Sagan[3].

Publication

The Cosmic Connection was released on 1973[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[6]. Its genre is essay[5].

Subject and Themes

The Cosmic Connection's main subject is extraterrestrial intelligence[10].

Why It Matters

The Cosmic Connection ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (102 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Carl Sagan literary work United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → extraterrestrial intelligence
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    Instance of → literary work
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