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** Creator/JodieFoster is, like Ellie, an atheist.
** Creator/MatthewMcConaughey's character Joss is a Christian, just like [=McConaughey=] in real life.
** Creator/JodieFoster is, like Ellie, an atheist.
** Creator/MatthewMcConaughey's character Joss is a Christian, just like [=McConaughey=] in real life.
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** Averted in the last chapter, though. The Argus supercomputers calculated pi to 10^21 base-11 digits, whereas the real-world record stands at 22 trillion digits as of 2016.
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** Averted in the last chapter, though. The Argus supercomputers calculated pi to 10^21 base-11 digits, whereas the real-world record stands at 22 100 trillion digits as of 2016.2022.
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* RealLifeRelative: The Japanese home release had father-son seiyuu duo Creator/ChikaoOhtsuka and Creator/AkioOhtsuka dubbing Hadden and Kitz.
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* RealLifeRelative: The Japanese home release had father-son seiyuu duo Creator/ChikaoOhtsuka and Creator/AkioOhtsuka Creator/AkioOtsuka dubbing Hadden and Kitz.
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* HeAlsoDid: Creator/CarlSagan, astronomer and famous for the scientific documentary ''Series/CosmosAPersonalVoyage'', as well as essays and books of scientific and skeptical nature, writing a novel might sound alien for some. Indeed, it's possible to notice common points in this book which are later repeated (or are repeated from) his other works.
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* HeAlsoDid: Creator/CarlSagan, astronomer and famous for the scientific documentary ''Series/CosmosAPersonalVoyage'', as well as essays and books of scientific and skeptical nature, writing a novel might sound alien for some. Indeed, it's possible to notice common points in this book which are later repeated (or are repeated from) his other works.
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* ReferencedBy: ''VideoGame/CivilizationBeyondEarth'': The Contact victory is stated by developers to be inspired by a Carl Sagan novel of the same name.
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* ReferencedBy: ''VideoGame/CivilizationBeyondEarth'': The Contact victory is stated by developers to be inspired by a Carl Sagan novel of the same name.
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* CueCard: Due to the complex scientific jargon, Creator/JodieFoster needed cue cards.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The Professor's vocabulary and occasional meme reference are ''strikingly'' mid-2000s. "Weaksauce, as they say."
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* ScullyBox: In her DVD commentary, Creator/JodieFoster admits she is standing on a box when Ellie and Palmer kiss, as she is shorter than Creator/MatthewMcConaughey.
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* ScullyBox: In her DVD commentary, Creator/JodieFoster admits she is standing on a box when Ellie and Palmer kiss, as she is nine inches shorter than Creator/MatthewMcConaughey.
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-->My fondest hope for this book is that it will be made obsolete by the pace of real scientific discovery.
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