COSMOS

AGRADECIMENTOSAlém dos mencionados na introdução, sou muito grato àqueles que generosamente contribuíramcom seu tempo e experiência nesta obra, incluindo Carol Lane, Myrna Talman, e Jenny Arden; DavidOyster, Richard Wells, Tom Weidlinger, Dennis Gutierrez, Rob McCain, Nancy Kinney, Janelle Balnicke,Judy Flannery, e Susan Racho da equipe de televisão do Cosmos; Nancy Inglis, Peter Mollman, MaryleaO'Rellly, e Jennifer Peters da Random House; e George Abell, James Allen, Barbara Amago, LawrenceAnderson, Jonathon Arons, Halton Arp, Asma El Bakri, James Blinn, Bart Bok, Zeddie Bowen, John C.Brandt, Kenneth Brecher, Frank Bristow, John Callendar, Donald B. Campbell, Judith Campbell, Elof AxelCarlson, Michael Carra, John Cassani, Judith Castagno, Catherine Cesarsky, Martin Cohen, Judy-Lynndel Rey, Nicholas Devereux, Michael Devirian, Stephen Dole, Frank D. Drake, Frederick C. Durant III,Richard Epstein, Von R. Eshleman, Ahmed Fahmy, Herbert Friedman, Robert Frosch, Jon Fukuda,Richard Cammon, Ricardo Ciacconi, Thomas Gold, Paul Goldenberg, Peter Goldreich, Paul Goldsmith, J.Richard Gott III, Stephen Jay Gould, Bruce Hayes, Raymond Heacock, Wulff Heintz, Arthur Hoag, PaulHodge, Dorrit Hoffleit, William Hoty, Icko Iben, Mikhail Jaroszynski, Paul Jepsen, Tom Karp, Bishun N.Khare, Charles Kohlhase, Edwin Krupp, Arthur Lane, Paul McLean, Bruce Margon, Harold Masursky,Linda Morabito, Edmond Momjian, Edward Moreno, Bruce Murray, Wiilliam Murnane, Thomas A. Mutch,Kenneth Norris, Tobias Owen, Linda Paul, Roger Payne, Vahe Petrosian, James B. Pollack, GeorgePreston, Nancy Priest, Boris Ragent, Dianne Rennell, Michael Rowton, Allan Sandage, Fred Scarf,Maarten Schmidt, Arnold Scheibel, Eugene Shoemaker, Frank Shu, NathanSivin, Bradford Smith,LaurenceA. Soderblom, Hyron Spinrad, Edward Stone, JeremyStone, EdTaylor, KipS.Thorne, NormanThrower, O. BrianToon, BarbaraTuchman, Roger Ulrich, Richard Underwood, Peter van de Kamp, JurrieJ. Van der Woude, Arthur Vaughn, Joseph Veverka, Helen Simpson Vishniac, Dorothy Vitaliano, RobertWagoner, Pete Waller, Josephine Walsh, Kent Weeks, Donald Yeomans, Stephen Yerazunis, Louise GrayYoung, Harold Zifin, e a Administração Nacional de Aeronáutica e Espaço. Também sou grato pelaassistência especial nas fotografias de Edwardo Castaneda e Bill Ray. A Paul West que generosamenteme cedeu o título do capítulo V.