Carl Sagan
Carl Edward Sagan (; ; November 9, 1934December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, and science communicator. His best known scientific contribution is his research on the possibility of extraterrestrial life, including experimental demonstration of the production of amino acids from basic chemicals by exposure to light. He assembled the first physical messages sent into space, the Pioneer plaque and the Voyager Golden Record, which were universal messages that could potentially be understood by any extraterrestrial intelligence that might find them. He argued in favor of the hypothesis, which has since been accepted, that the high surface temperatures of Venus are the result of the greenhouse effect.Initially an assistant professor at Harvard, Sagan later moved to Cornell University, where he spent most of his career. He 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'', ''Pale Blue Dot'' and ''The Demon-Haunted World''. He also co-wrote and narrated the award-winning 1980 television series ''Cosmos: A Personal Voyage'', which became the most widely watched series in the history of American public television: ''Cosmos'' has been seen by at least 500 million people in 60 countries. A book, also called ''Cosmos'', was published to accompany the series. Sagan also wrote a science-fiction novel, published in 1985, called ''Contact'', which became the basis for the 1997 film ''Contact''. His papers, comprising 595,000 items, are archived in the Library of Congress.
Sagan was a popular public advocate of skeptical scientific inquiry and the scientific method; he pioneered the field of exobiology and promoted the search for extraterrestrial intelligent life (SETI). He spent most of his career as a professor of astronomy at Cornell University, where he directed the Laboratory for Planetary Studies. Sagan and his works received numerous awards and honors, including the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, the National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal, the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction (for his book ''The Dragons of Eden''), and (for ''Cosmos: A Personal Voyage'') two Emmy Awards, the Peabody Award, and the Hugo Award. He married three times and had five children. After developing myelodysplasia, Sagan died of pneumonia at the age of 62 on December 20, 1996. Provided by Wikipedia
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The cosmic connection; an extraterrestrial perspective. by Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996
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Other worlds, by Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996
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The dragons of Eden : speculations on the evolution of human intelligence / by Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996
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Broca's brain / by Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996
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Cosmos / by Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996
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Comet / by Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996
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Contact : a novel / by Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996
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A path where no man thought : nuclear winter and the end of the arms race / by Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996
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Shadows of forgotten ancestors : a search for who we are / by Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996
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The demon-haunted world : science as a candle in the dark / by Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996
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The varieties of scientific experience : a personal view of the search for God / by Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996
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Planets, by Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996
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Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space / by Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996
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Murmurs of Earth : the Voyager interstellar record /
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Carl Sagan : a life / by Davidson, Keay
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Intelligent life in the universe by Shklovskiĭ, I. S.
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Carl Sagan : a life / by Davidson, Keay
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UFO's--a scientific debate.
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The atmospheres of Mars and Venus, a report
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