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Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan
(1935 - 1996) was an American astronomer and physicist
who is best known for his promotion of popular science.
He co-wrote and narrated the highly popular science
miniseries Cosmos: A Personal Voyage which aired in
1980. The miniseries was seen by over 600 million
viewers.
Sagan also made several notable discoveries in astronomy and
helped with NASA in the development of space probes such as
Pioneer 10, Pioneer 11, and Voyager.
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Carl Sagan
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Fact Sheet
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Born |
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November 9, 1934 in Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Died |
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December
20, 1996 in Seattle, WA, USA
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Nationality |
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United States
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Education |
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University of Chicago
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Astronomy, Physics
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Religion |
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Atheist
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Institutions |
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Cornell University
Harvard University
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Achievements |
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Creator of the 1980 PBS
television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
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Co-Founder
of the Planetary Society
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Elected Chairman of the
Division of Planetary Sciences of the American
Astronomical Society
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Notable Works |
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- Cosmos
- Who We Are
- Billions & Billions
- The Demon-Haunted World: Science As a
Candle in the Dark
- The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on
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- Evolution of Human Intelligence
- The Varieties of Scientific Experience:
A Personal
- View of the Search for God
- Broca's Brain: Reflections on the
Romance of Science
- A Path Where No Man Thought: Nuclear
Winter and the End of the Arms Race
- UFO's--A Scientific Debate
- Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human
Future in Space
- Conversations With Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan: A Life
- Cosmos
- Intelligent Life in the Universe
- Other Worlds
- The Cosmic Connection: An
Extraterrestrial
- Perspective
- Contact
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Awards |
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Public
Welfare
Medal, 1994 (National
Academy of Sciences
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Humanist of the Year,
1981 (American Humanist Association)
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The John F. Kennedy
Astronautics Award of the American Astronautical Society
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The Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Medal of the Soviet Cosmonauts Federation
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Discoveries |
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Discovered properties of the
atmosphere of Venus
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First to theorize that moons
Titan and Europa may have oceans
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