Biography
Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator in astronomy and other natural sciences. He is best known for his work as a science popularizer and communicator. His best known scientific contribution is research on extraterrestrial life, including experimental demonstration of the production of amino acids from basic chemicals by radiation. Sagan assembled the first physical messages sent into space: the Pioneer plaque and the Voyager Golden Record, universal messages that could potentially be understood by any extraterrestrial intelligence that might find them. Sagan argued the now accepted hypothesis that the high surface temperatures of Venus can be attributed to and calculated using the greenhouse effect.
Sagan published more than 600 scientific papers and articles and was author, co-author or editor of more than 20 books. He wrote many popular science books, such as The Dragons of Eden, Broca's Brain and Pale Blue Dot, and narrated and co-wrote the award-winning 1980 television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. The most widely watched series in the history of American public television, Cosmos has been seen by at least 500 million people across 60 different countries. The book Cosmos was published to accompany the series. He also wrote the science fiction novel Contact, the basis for a 1997 film of the same name.
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Filmography
all 35
Movies 27
self 26
TV Shows 8
Writer 2
Producer 1
Narrator 1

Piece by Piece (2024)

The Universe (2023)

The Farthest (2018)

Unacknowledged (2017)

The Real History of Science Fiction (2014)

Cosmos (2014)

Voyager: To the Final Frontier (2012)

Contact (1997)

Carl Sagan: A Cosmic Celebrity (1997)

Together to Mars? (1987)

Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1980)

PBS News Hour (1975)

Who's Out There? (1975)

The Violent Universe (1969)

Mars: The Search Begins

Pale Blue Dot
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1934-11-09
Deathday1996-12-20 (62 years old)
Birth NameCarl Edward Sagan
Birth PlaceBrooklyn, United States
Religionagnosticism
RelationshipsLinda Salzman Sagan (1968 - 1981), Ann Druyan (1981 - 1996), Lynn Margulis (1957 - 1965)
ChildrenNick Sagan, Dorion Sagan, Samuel Sagan, Sasha Sagan, Jeremy Sagan
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsCarl Edward Sagan, Καρλ Σέιγκαν , Καρλ Έντουαρντ Σέιγκαν , Карл Эдвард Саган
AwardsLeo Szilard Lectureship Award, James Parks Morton Interfaith Award, Humanist of the Year, Solstice Award, New Jersey Hall of Fame, NAS Public Welfare Medal, Gerard P. Kuiper Prize, NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal, Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science, Harold Masursky Award for Meritorious Service to Planetary Science, The Hillman Prize for Magazine Journalism, International Space Hall of Fame, Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, Oersted Medal, Hugo Award for Best Related Work, Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Klumpke-Roberts Award, Locus Award for Best First Novel, NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal
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