Carl Sagan – He was “Star Stuff”
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Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, author, cosmologist, and highly successful popularizer of astronomy, astrophysics and other natural sciences. During his lifetime, he published more than 600 scientific papers and popular articles and was author, co-author, or editor of more than 20 books. In his works, he advocated skeptical inquiry and the scientific method. He pioneered exobiology and promoted the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI).
Sagan became world-famous for his popular science books and for the award-winning 1980 television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, which he narrated and co-wrote. A book to accompany the program was also published. Sagan also wrote the novel Contact, the basis for the 1997 film of the same name.
This weekend his legions of fans celebrated “Carl Sagan Day”. He would have been 76 years-old this week. Never was a scientist so eloquent.
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Sagan was, in my opinion, one of America’s most neglected and underrated of poets.
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I used to be devoted to all things Sagan. Still am actually. Great post. Thanks.