Podcast: People I (Mostly) Admire
Episode: Why Bother Searching for Aliens? | People I (Mostly) Admire | Episode 81
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode, complete with an Amazon buy link and quotes from the episode.
Contact
Buy on Amazon"If you've read the book "Contact" written by Carl Sagan or seen the movie, Jill was the inspiration for the hero played in the movie by Jodie Foster."
Contact
Buy on Amazon"After this short break, they'll return to talk about Jill's role in Carl Sagan's story, "Contact.""
Contact
Buy on Amazon"Back in the 1970s, the famous novel where Carl Sagan wrote was called "Contact," in which the heroine was essentially a fictionalized version of you."
Contact
Buy on Amazon"I had mentioned this to Carl and given him a copy of that report many years before he wrote "Contact," and it turns out that I'm pretty prototypical of the female profile that came out of that report, and so I think that's what really drives home the truth."
Contact
Buy on Amazon"Yes, Carl and I were colleagues; we worked together, but I think probably more than just knowing me, he was aware of what women who succeeded in male-dominated fields were usually like, and that book was made into the blockbuster movie "Contact" starring Jodie Foster playing you."