Carl Sagan (1934–1996)
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A respected planetary scientist best known outside the field for his popularizations of astronomy, Carl Sagan was born in New York City on November 9, 1934. He attended the University of Chicago, where he received a B.A. in 1954, a B.S. in 1955, and a M.S. in 1956 in physics as well as a Ph.D. in näytä lisää 1960 in astronomy and astrophysics. He has several early scholarly achievements including the experimental demonstration of the synthesis of the energy-carrying molecule ATP (adenosine triphosphate) in primitive-earth experiments. Another was the proposal that the greenhouse effect explained the high temperature of the surface of Venus. He was also one of the driving forces behind the mission of the U.S. satellite Viking to the surface of Mars. He was part of a team that investigated the effects of nuclear war on the earth's climate - the "nuclear winter" scenario. Sagan's role in developing the "Cosmos" series, one of the most successful series of any kind to be broadcast on the Public Broadcasting System, and his book The Dragons of Eden (1977) won the Pulitzer Prize in 1978. He also wrote the novel Contact, which was made into a movie starring Jodie Foster. He died from pneumonia on December 20, 1996. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
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The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence (1977) — Tekijä — 3,645 kappaletta
Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium (1997) 2,354 kappaletta
The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God (1985) 1,556 kappaletta
The Music of Cosmos: Selections from the Score of the Television Series "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan 4 kappaletta
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Carl Sagan's Cosmos [DVD] [1980] 2 kappaletta
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A glorious dawn [single] 1 kappale
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- Kanoninen nimi
- Sagan, Carl
- Virallinen nimi
- Sagan, Carl Edward
- Syntymäaika
- 1934-11-09
- Kuolinaika
- 1996-12-20
- Hautapaikka
- Lakeview Cemetery, Ithaca, New York, USA
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
- Syntymäpaikka
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Kuolinpaikka
- Seattle, Washington, USA
- Kuolinsyy
- pneumonia
- Asuinpaikat
- Ithaca, New York, USA
Rathway, New Jersey, USA - Koulutus
- University of Chicago (BA ∙ 1954 ∙ BS ∙ Physics ∙ 1955)
University of Chicago (MS ∙ Physics ∙ 1956)
University of Chicago (Ph.D ∙ Astronomy and Astrophysics ∙ 1960) - Ammatit
- astronomer
science writer
scientist
professor
television presenter
physicist - Suhteet
- Margulis, Lynn (first wife)
Druyan, Ann (third wife)
Sagan, Dorion (son)
Sagan, Nick (son)
Salzman, Linda (second wife) - Organisaatiot
- Cornell University
Harvard University
American Astronautical Society
American Astronomical Society
American Geophysical Union
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (näytä kaikki 15)
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Children's Health Fund Advisory Board
Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CISCOP)
Council for a Livable World
Council on Foreign Relations
Federation of American Scientists
Guggenheim Foundation
International Academy of Humanism
Planetary Society - Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- Fellow, American Physical Society (1989)
American Philosophical Society (1995)
International Space Hall of Fame (2004)
Pulitzer Prize (1978)
John F. Kennedy Astronautics Award (1982)
Joseph Priestley Award (1976) (näytä kaikki 32)
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Medal (Awarded by the Soviet Cosmonauts Federation, 1987)
Harold Masursky Award for Meritorious Service to Planetary Science (1991)
Explorers Club, Lowell Thomas Award (1980)
Oersted Medal (1990, American Association of Physics Teachers)
Public Welfare Medal (1994)
NASA Distinguished Service Medal (1977)
Emmy (Outstanding Individual Achievement, 1981)
Emmy (Outstanding Informational Series, 1981)
Humanist of the Year (1981)
Hugo Award (1981, 1988)
Isaac Asimov Award (1994)
Peabody Award (1980)
Klumpke-Roberts Award (1974)
Golden Plate Award (1975)
Locus Award (1986)
Grand-Cross, Order of Saint James of the Sword (1998)
Pantheon of Skeptics (2011)
NASA Apollo Achievement Award (1970)
Prix Galabert (1973)
Peter Lavan Award (1984)
New Priorities Award (1984)
Sidney Hillman Foundation Prize Award (1984)
SANE National Peace Award (1984)
Olive Branch Award (1984, 1986, 1989)
Leo Szilard Award for Physics in the Public Interest (1985)
Nahum Goldmann Medal (1986) - Agentti
- Morton Janklow
- Lyhyt elämäkerta
- Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, author, and highly successful popularizer of astronomy, astrophysics and other natural sciences. He pioneered exobiology and promoted the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI).
He is world-famous for writing popular science books and for co-writing and presenting the award-winning 1980 television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, which has been seen by more than 500 million people in over 60 countries.[2] A book to accompany the program was also published. He also wrote the novel Contact, the basis for the 1997 film of the same name. During his lifetime, Sagan 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 frequently advocated skeptical inquiry, secular humanism, and the scientific method.
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HYPOTHESES 1 WalterSullivan 5 CarISagan 9 Ray Bradbury 17 Bruce Murray 21 ArthurC.Clarke 26 Rebuttals and Responses 29
2 AFTERTHOUGHTS 43 Bruce Murray 47 ArthurC.Clarke 79 CarlSagan 89 WalterSullivan 117 Ray Bradbury 129